Trips taken
🏺 Step Back in Time at Michie Tavern (ca. 1784) Just a half-mile below Monticello, Michie Tavern offers more than a meal—it’s a full-sensory immersion into 18th-century Virginia. Originally established in 1784 by Scotsman William Michie, this historic landmark once…
Winding Through Wine Country: An Introduction to Virginia’s Route 9 Tucked between the Blue Ridge and Catoctin Mountains, Virginia’s Route 9—also known as Charles Town Pike—is more than a scenic byway. It’s a 13-mile ribbon of road that threads through…
Hungry. We had tooled about D.C., looking at the monuments and the sights and I hit the Google looking for a unique D.C. spot. We found something right off the Metro on U Street, Ben’s Chili Bowl. This burger and…
"These video games suck. Let's head to Charles Town."
The Side Trip My girlfriend (now wife) were on our way home from Suffolk VA to Raleigh NC one weekend and decided to detour east along the coast and see the sea. So instead of heading South, we hooked East…
