Just returned from a short weekend at Virginia Beach. Despite the cold, sometimes wet weather it felt good to breathe the sea air and feel the wind in my face. We rode our mountain bikes through First Landing State Park on a decent unpaved trail. Then we rode through Virginia Beach. Because of the many tourists who rent bikes, motorists seemed a little more accommodating. I always enjoy riding through the back streets of a strange city.

We also climbed to the top of the Cape Henry Lighthouse, the first Federally funded construction project. It's a few feet away from where the first British settlers stepped ashore before moving to Jamestown. During the Revolutionary War, the French fleet under Admiral comte deGrasse chased the British out of the Chesapeake Bay and kept them from resupplying Lord Cornwallis's British army at Yorktown. Cornwallis later surrendered to Washington. A tip of the hat to the French...

posted by Bruce Wright at 8:55 PM #