Williamsburg, Virginia

We stopped in Virginia for a couple of days because it was the halfway point of driving home. The first night we got there, we checked into our hotel & then went around Downtown Williamsburg. We went to some cute little shops in the area & even made it to the Ripley's Believe It Our Not Museum. Pics are up on Facebook if anyone is interested. We had dinner at Firehouse Subs (mmm best veggie sub ever) & then headed back to the hotel.

The following day we were planning on going ot Busch Gardens but decided to skip out because there were so many great things to see in Williamsburg. In the AM we went to the Jamestown Settlement. It was a historical and super interesting & quite interactive museum. I learned a lot about the original settlers there. We left for a bit to eat breakfast at a small restaurant nearby, then went back to poke around some more. After we left Jamestown, we headed to the Williamsburg Winery. It was $10/person for a 45 minute tour & tasting of 7 wines they made there. We even got to keep our wine glasses! After the tour we bought 8 bottles of wine...we may be winos but seriously they were so delicious. My favorite was this raspberry dessert wine that was out of this world AMAZING. Later that afternoon, we went to Prime Outlets and I got the deal of a lifetime on a Coach purse!!! It was originally $289..marked down to $229 dollars, then 50% off of that, and another 20% off coupon they gave us at the door. So the bag was only 91 dollars! I was so flippin excited. My very 1st Coach bag ever <3. We also went to the L.L. Bean Outfit. Tom bought this amazing winter sweatshirt for $15 & I bought a really comfy pair of black flip-flops. We had dinner at the Golden Corral (which I think gave Tom food poisoning) d/t the fact that he was very sick on the ride home the following day. Later that night, we went to another shopping area & decided to poke around Barnes & Noble for a while. This guy in the store showed us all about the Nook (you know, that electronic book). It's actually quite cool but not worth the 250 dollars in my opinion. Then, we went to the movies and saw "The Prince of Persia"--ooo we both loved it! It kept us on the edge of our seats!!!

The ride home was long. But the VACATION was amazing and I'm glad the two of us got to share such a great adventure together. I feel like it was a great bonding vacation. Me, Tom, & the Wide Open Road. Bliss, really.