This weekend some of us LLMs packed into two cars and set out for Virginia Beach, which is about a 3 hour drive from sunny Cville. The beach was as expected--hot, sandy, sunny, busy, bustling, and hustling. What wasn't expected was the history that we encountered along the way.
(aside to all of my Canadian readers, which is probably all of you: we all know it is a common joke that Americans don't really know that much about us... ie. we all sleep in igloos, we all can play hockey, we all speak French, and we all wish we were American.)
This weekend opened my eyes to that fact that I really really know quite little about where I am! I mean, before Miss Autumn and I came down here in June, I couldn't have told you that Virginia was the spot when it came to the American Civil War. I now know better, but just slightly having only read 85% of an introductory Civil War book and watching two episodes of a made-for-TV Civil War documentary. What I learned this weekend is that Virginia is also where the decisive battle between America and Britain played out (in Yorktown) during the War of Independence, but also that Virginia Beach is where the British first landed and established the first settlement in America (Jamestown). Also, apparently this is where all that Pocahontas jazz went down.
Tres cool.
Also, I saw some Bottlenose Dolphins chilling in the ocean which is always a welcome sight!!!
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