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Sandy Bottom Park

November 28th, 2008

Recently I spent a great afternoon at Sandy bottom park in Newport News.

This is a nice natural park to hike around, trails are fairly flat and f mostly smooth, except for the South side of the Trillium Trail, which has a lot of roots.

For reference the Sandy Bottom Nature Park is located here.

[googleMap]480|400|13|0|3|1255 Big Bethel Rd|Sandy Bottom Nature Park[/googleMap]

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Tazewell Street in Norfolk

November 4th, 2008

This is Tazewell Street in Norfolk, between Granby and Boush….

 

The former Jack Quinn Irish Pub

The former Jack Quinn Irish Pub

 

Information on the Streets Namesake

Information on the Streets Namesake

 

A view of Tazewell Street

A view of Tazewell Street

 

An Alley off of Tazewell Street

An Alley off of Tazewell Street

 

A building with some interesting features

A building with some interesting features

 

Details over the entrance

Details over the entrance

 

Ornamental work between floors

Ornamental work between floors

 

Details of the Lion Gargoyles

Details of the Lion Gargoyles

 

Window Details

Window Details

 

An overview of the building

An overview of the building

 

A different style of architecture

A different style of architecture

 

Another view of Tazewell Street

Another view of Tazewell Street

 

The Mermaid Flower Garden on Tazewell Street

The Mermaid Flower Garden on Tazewell Street

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Historic Fort Huger, Isle Of Wight

November 1st, 2008

We found this quite by accident today, but as with all our trips we don’t have a hard agenda. The journey and adventure is our goal. I saw a new sign for “Historic Fort Huger” pointing down a road we have traveled before, I don’t recall seeing that before, or we would have checked it out then. We almost always turn when we see a sign that point to anything potentially interesting, and we have been know to turn down side roads for no reason what so ever, and that is where the fun begins…

The site is a nice interpretative site about the fort, and those who built and served at it during its short life, it is a short hike down a well maintained and fairly flat trail, if you are in the area, it is worth the visit. The park has only been open since May of 2008.

The fort is located near here, but the roads to the actual fort are real new, what shows as a dirt road on the map in now Lawnes Point Road or something like that. just go down that road until you see a split rail fence on the right/East side of the road.

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