Made a little road trip to the South in to Currituck North Carolina, While it is not technically Hampton Roads, it is considered by many as part of Hampton Roads.
Downtown Currituck, North Carolina
This is pretty much Downtown Currituck
Old Currituck County Jail
This is the Old Currituck County Jail, believed to be one of the oldest jails in North Carolina. The jail was completed around 1820.
Confederate War Memorial
A Memorial to the Confederate dead of Currituck County, the base was built by Confederate Veterans in 1912, and the final scaled down version was completed in 1922
Old Currituck County Jail
Some of the construction detail of the Old Currituck County Jail.
Old Currituck County Jail
Another view of the Old Currituck County Jail.
The Currituck General Store
The Currituck General Store. Store was not open when we visited, but appeared to have been open recently.
I went for a ride today, and got reminded of something, that has annoyed me for a long time…
London Bridge Road between Virginia Beach Boulevard and Dam Neck used to be a 2 lane country road with absolutely no street lights on it, now it is a 4 lane road, with enough lights to light an NFL stadium.
If you take a look at these lights, they are spaces very tightly, maybe 75 feet, there are at least 60 lights in a distance of less then a mile.
And the waste continues Southbound…
I have no idea what kind of deal the city or state for that matter has with Dominion Power, but in light of the recent 18% rate increase, I can’t imagine that it is going to be cheap to keep this this section of road light. The smart thing to do would be to yank at least half of these, and use them somewhere else.
I wonder how much lighting this section of road costs in comparison to an additional Police or Fireman…
I have started riding my bike a lot more lately, mainly for health reasons. I have seen a lot of things that I have missed driving by, like this. I drive by this spot at least once a week, and never noticed the simple beauty, that can be found in the middle of a neighborhood.
Was driving around Norfolk the other day, pretty close to sunset, and I saw this view of the U.S. District Courthouse.
