On the Open Road

Josh and I (and Tilly and the Love Bug) spent the past month in Falls Church, Virginia with my parents.  We were originally only supposed to be there for 2-3 weeks, but we've learned that everything on this trip is going to take at least 1/3 longer than we had thought.  At this rate, we may be nomads forever.

Anyway, yesterday (after spending many hours re-packing Tilly) we finally cut the cord and set off for our next destination: Colonial Williamsburg.

My dad and dog, Tasia, waving goodbye.

 Unfortunately, we couldn't leave until about 4pm, which means we hit a giant patch of traffic leaving the DC area.  Tilly wasn't running so well with all the stop and go, so we stopped for dinner at a random hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant in Woodbridge to wait for the traffic to die down.  The food was decent.  They had nice Cinco de Mayo decorations up.  And there was a mariachi band.

All of the tables around us were pounding beer buckets.  The guys at the table to the right of me went through 2 buckets while we were there, and the guys behind me went through 3 buckets.

We also slept in a Walmart parking lot last night because we are classy people.

 Today was much better.  I drove yesterday, so Josh was in the hot seat this morning. 

 Southern Virginia has an impressive array of flea markets and antique shops.  We stopped at one of them and picked up a couple things for Tilly:

We're staying in a hotel in Williamsburg for the next three nights.  We were going to stay in Tilly the whole time, but we got a really good deal on the hotel.  After checking in, we took the Love Bug for a spin around the town.

#selfie. Also, re. photo and layout formatting, please bear with me as it's been two years since I've had a blog and I can't remember any HTML or shortcuts/tricks.

 We went down the Colonial Parkway, which is a glorious stretch of road that goes through the forest and along the James river.

Afterward, we walked around the campus of William and Mary for a little while.  All of the students are gone for the semester, so it was eerily deserted and quiet.

I think we'll spend tomorrow in Colonial Williamsburg.  Josh has never been, so it will be cool to show him around.  That's all for tonight!