24 hours in Richmond

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24 hours in Richmond
Date(s): March 11-12, 2010. Album by LM Logan. 1 - 80 of 80 Total. 1823 Visits.

1 Our hotel, The Berkeley.	2 Looking down from our room's balcony onto the cobblestone street.
3 Pic of our balcony door. It was nice having the balcony and the view from it.	4 Adrienne eating a protein bar and looking at a magazine about Richmond.
5 Reflection, self-portrait. Richmond behind me.	6 Looking down from our balcony at a restaurant in a restored building. We had lunch here ("Tobacco Company") before we left town.
7 We left the room and went exploring. Train in the sky!	8 Corner just down from our hotel.
9 Out exploring before the They Might Be Giants concert.	10 Fountain near the coffee place where we got a caffeine fix. It was dedicated to a calvaryman who took care of horses.
11 Shockoe street.	12 A pretty side street.
13 Richmond had a canal system with locks.	14 Cobblestones not so fun to walk on actually.
15 Down to the Canal Walk.	16 One of the few remaining original portions of the canal.
17	18 Standing in part of what was once the Richmond canal system.
19	20 Explaining that there were barges that ran 24 hours a day in the canal system.
21 There are boat rides through the canals in warmer weather and this is where the boat docks.	22 Me at the boat turnaround on the canal.
23 George Washington first envisioned a canal system that would run from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi.	24 Canal Walk.
25 Restored building.	26 This exhibit is about Richmond's canal system.
27 Replica of the instrument used to survey the canal system.	28
29 Cobblestones.	30 Waiting for me to catch up.
31 Pedestrians, not too fast, okay?	32 Inside there we found some good coffee.
33 Beautiful inside the coffee shop.	34 Taking a break and sipping some coffee.
35 He has a nut and he's in a hurry. So are we--it's time to walk to the concert.	36 Walking to the concert we saw the huge George Washington statue at the State Capitol in Richmond. He's pointing toward our hotel.
37 Virginia's Capitol Building at Richmond. Designed by Thomas Jefferson based on a Roman building in France.	38 This old theater was renovated and it's where They Might Be Giants performed.
39 Blurry Blackberry picture of They Might Be Giants performing.	40 Confetti! At the concert. (We later walked back to our hotel room in the rain, but it was kind of fun.)
41 Cary Street, Richmond Va.	42 Nice signage appreciated by us when we were walking.
43 Layout of the canal walk. It was a nice way to spend some time exploring.	44 RJ Reynolds building, Richmond Branch, canal in front.
45 These markers were along the Canal Walk to give information along the way.	46 Canal Walk on the way to the Civil War Museum.
47 Bridge over the James River.	48 Statue along the Canal Walk.
49 We really liked this bridge exhibit. You can walk out over the James River and there are quotes along the way.	50 The pedestrian bridge.
51	52 The James River. Remnants of the old bridge from the Civil War era can be seen.
53 click to read the quotes	54
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57 Some illustrations at the end of the pedestrian bridge.	58
59	60 "Get a picture of this one." "I did already."
61 The Civil War museum. A part of it is the old ironworks.	62 http://www.tredegar.org
63 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tredegar_Iron_Works	64 President Lincoln visited Richmond after it fell.
65 President Lincoln and son, Tad.	66 Me with Tad and President Lincoln.
67 Adrienne eavesdropping?	68 Walking the grounds of where the ironworks were, Tredegar.
69 View of the museum and the James River to the right.	70 Part of Tredeger ironworks.
71 We explored all around the grounds.	72 National Park and museum.
73 James Wilkes Booth's playing cards. That's what the plaque said. "sort of like Hitler's Tarot cards." View Comments...	74 artillery
75 We watched a short film inside the museum because that's how we roll.	76 Remnants of the old James River bridge from the Civil War era.
77 Adrienne at lunch.	78 The elevator in the 4 story building where we had lunch was originally in the Con-Edison building in New York. "Wow, it must move around like the one in the original..." View Comments...
79 Me at lunch. No, I didn't have 4 glasses of beverages by myself.	80 Many of Richmond's downtown buildings had plaques describing their original purpose.

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thanks for sharing the pictures. i was right back home. cobblestone streets will jiggle your teeth out if you are on them at any speed for a stretch. the whole area is so rich in history that it would take a long time to do it all. every virginia 4th grader used to go to jamestown. i can remember the little ships, the glass blowers, the smell of the parchment copies of the constitution one could buy in the gift shops. i remember being shocked at how many people were on those tiny ships in the big ole ocean. are you doing 'the abe lincoln was here' portions of virginia?
- robin, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 6:13AM

Wow! You guys fit in so much in such a short time. All of the photos are great and very much make me want to head up there. The pic of Father Abraham and "Thaddeus" was great. And I believe that James Wilkes Booth was the brother of Ashley Wilkes Booth and cousin of Rhett Butler Booth.
Thanks for sharing and bringing us along on your trip.
- Jackson, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 1:53AM

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