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Now for the trip back south to Atlanta.Down I-95 a short way to another of those outlets.This time Potomac Mills-huge.Here though you can leave the significant other for 2-3 hours and head 15 miles south to Fredericksburg and the nearby Stonewall jackson memorial.As I have been told before if he had survived the South would not have lost.Here we found a gas station that did not accept cash.
Continuing on and switching to I-64 to Williamsburg.This is an area steeped in history.This year is the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown.Nearby is the battlefield of Yorketown where the British were finally defeated.The old centre of Williamsburg is preserved as an historical theme park.A word of advice,instead of paying $30+ for a days admission ask for a museum pass costing $9 allowing you to walk around with entrance to 2 galleries and the Rockefeller house.The restoration of williamsburg was started during the depression and funded by the Rockefellers.Spent the night at a Hampton and once again given a larger room with a spa bath.
The next day continued down I-64 to Newport,a large naval base with several military museums and General Mc'Arthurs grave and museum.very informative.
The bridges here are amazing and all combined with a tunnel so nothing to impede the navy.Heading straight for a naval vessel and then you go under it.4 aircraft carriers in today.
Head south on route 168 to Kittyhawk.once again the National Parks annual pass pays for itself getting you into the Wright memorial.The rest of Kittyhawk is very forgettable though a very reasonably priced lunch of crabs at Dirty ****s crabhouse.
Now turn west and head out on route 64 to get to our overnight at Washington,NC.Pas through bayou country and fields of baccy,cotton and peanuts making you feel very much in the south.Pulled off at a rest area at Plymouth,NC to find it a civil war battlefield site when the South retook the town in April 1864.The same we found also at Washington.The downtown historic area of washington has a lot of antebellum buildings and for the night we were there a festival with live music in the streets and a parade of muscle cars.
This time our Hampton let us down with an ordinary room and their wifi down for the night.To be continued.