This past weekend, Matt and I left Brayden with Matt's parents and headed off to Williamsburg, VA to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. I can't belive that we have been married for 5 years. The time really has flown by!!
We took a slight detour to Norfolk so that I could see the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel! I LOVE bridges and water so when I saw that we would be relatively close to the Chesapeake Bay, I decided that we just had to go. Matt agreed, so off we went. The bridge-tunnel is one of the coolest things
ever! The water was super choppy too and so there were some HUGE waves!
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (can you see the big waves?)
Ships waiting to come over the tunnel. There were 7 of them waiting just beyond the edge of the bay. I guess it was too choppy to come in.
Of course, our slight detour ended up being a much longer detour. Who knew that Norfolk as a big, bustling town?? Not me...we got stuck in horrible Friday afternoon traffic on our way from Norfolk to Williamsburg! Oh well! We made it. That's all that mattered anyway!
On Friday night, we had tickets to a "Ghosts Amongst Us" tour at 8:30. We headed out from our hotel at 6pm to find dinner. We knew where we wanted to go, but didn't know exactly where it was. This is NEVER a good idea in a new town! First, we turned the wrong way and had to turn around. Then, we turned down a street that really didn't have any food places on it. We sort of got stuck on the campus of the College of William & Mary. We couldn't figure out how to get off campus...it was dark & raining and there were NO signs! We finally headed back in the right direction and found "restaurant row". Of course, in the rain, we drove right by our target restaurant. We both saw it just after it was too late to turn in. So we turned around and came back. There were no parking places. Since we were on a time line for the tour, we decided to go to Chili's across the street...it was standing room only in the waiting area. OK..on to plan C. The hotdog place next to Chili's...it was closed. We finally ended up at McDonald's for our anniversary dinner!
The good news is that we made it to the Visitor's Center and our tour in plenty of time! Even through it was very COLD and rainy, the tour was great & I am super glad that we did it!
On Saturday, we slept in!!! Then we went back to Colonial Williamsburg for the day. We toured the Governor's Palace, Burton Parish Church (has help services every week since 1715!!!), and walked along the main street stopping in all of the little offices and stores.
Burton Parish Church
The Governor's Palace from afar
and up close
The guy in the corner was playing a Mineut for the people taking the Governor's Palace tours. He was really good & told a bit of music history from the 18th century.
Just a small sampling of the swords and guns that were in the Governor's Palace. This was in the Entrance Hall! In total there are 252 swords in the building and just about as many guns!!!
They still use oxen in Williamsburg to transport goods from place to place!
We also had lunch in a Colonial Tavern. We also got to see the Fife and Drum parade, made up of local kids. They were really good! On Saturday afternoon, we went to the Williamsburg Winery for a tour and tasting! That was really cool and the wine was really good! We also had a real Anniversary Dinner Saturday night!
On Sunday, we did a little shopping and had breakfast in a little college coffee shop. It was REALLY good coffee :) and then we headed home to get Brayden!
Happy Anniversary Matt! Here's to many more wonderful years! I love you!
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