Williamsburg VA Trip

It has been so long since I have posted but we have kept very busy and active. To finish the month of August up we went to Williamsburg, VA for a little last minute vacation before Lee started school. It was an interesting experience. We ended up leaving to head up north the day after hurricane Irene hit the cost. It was very interesting to see some of the damage that a storm like that can do. What was even stranger was to see so many places without power and rest areas closed due to no power (which isn't always good with 3 year olds who don't understand that they can't use the potty there). Once we got to our hotel the power had just barely turned on but most of the town was still without power. We had to find a place that was open to eat. Then because of the storm the old town was closed so we just walked around to see some of the sites.

This is just one example of the trees that we saw all around town.

The girls had to have their leaves on our little walk and they were not in short supply. Everywhere you turned there were limbs and leaves down on the ground.



The girls having a break after their walk around Williamsburg. We were able to walk to the historic area from our hotel and they wanted to run. I can't blame them after our 8 hour drive there.

Then they had to get back in the stroller because they were tired.


The next day we tried to go to Yorktown and Jamestown. Yorktown only had 1 museum open but the town was pretty much deserted still and without power. Jamestown we couldn't even get to due to the trees still being in the middle of the road. We just took some scenic drives where we could and enjoyed being together. That night we went to find someplace to eat and because everyone was starting to come home and many places still without power the restaurants that were open were packed it was a 2-3 hour wait. So we went to a drug store to find some food to microwave and they were all wiped out on the shelves. All I could get was raman noodles to mac and cheese to heat up and eat. It was a quite an experience.


Tuesday Busch Gardens was fully operational and we were excited about that. They have Sesame Street area for the kids and Sofi was in heaven. She loved all the rides, Emma didn't like it as much. In each area there were little kids rides and once Emma started to see that Sofi was having fun she joined in and had a blast. We did take them on the log flume ride and neither one of the girls were up to that one they were both mad at us after that. I was surprised at how long they lasted and then they slept for about 4 hours as we headed back home.


Sofi looks like she is scared but she is actually having fun. It is an Elmo ride that goes up and down just for the little ones.


The was the first ride that Emma actually wanted to go on but she had to do it with Sofi. They were both so excited and Sofi was being the little mom telling Emma it was ok and they had a great time from that point on.

This was Emma's favorite ride but I couldn't get a good picture of her.