Driving South to Gasburg, Virginia

We have to travel north
on Route 4 to get to
Interstate 95 South.

Eric follows the signs south

toward Richmond, Virginia.

The Air Force NAVY
Water Tower at
Andrews Air Force Base.

We cross into Virginia.

Windows are missing
from this building.

It doesn't need windows...

This new looking building

is being demolished.

I hope the planners connected
all these roads.

This is the eye catching building

is the National Museum of the

Marine Corps in Quantico,Virginia.

The 495 Express Lanes
located in the middle of
Virginia's Capital Beltway
are closed for work.






The high occupancy vehicle Express Lanes are designated for vehicles with two or more persons.

Posts are being installed along

the highway for the

construction of noise barriers.

Miles of solid walls along highways have become more common in the United States in the last forty years.

We leave the I-495 Beltway
around Washington, DC &
continue south toward
Richmond on I-95 South.

This Rest Area has a Virginia

Visitors Center.

We are stopping to stretch

& pick up a few brochures.

The Stonewall Jackson

Shrine is located in the

Fredericksburg &

Spotsylvania National

Military Park.

The Civil War raged across Virginia during the entire length of the Civil War.  Major battles sere fought in Fredericksburg in 1862 and Spotsylvania in 1864.

The Interstate 295 Beltway

allows us to avoid traffic in

  Richmond & Petersburg.

We cross the James River
on the Varina-Enon Bridge.

The weight of the bridge span
 is born by the cables attached
to the bridge's towers.

Meadowville Technology

Park  Water Tower

We are now in
Chesterfield County

A lumber truck & a
wide load truck
head north.

After bypassing Richmond

& Petersburg, we return

to Interstate 95.

This Water Tower welcomes

us to Stony Creek,

Sussex County, Virginia.

The Emporia

Water Tower

The rest of our drive to Gasburg is on two lane roads.

We pass farm fields & the

occasional house.

Eric spots a deer blind

at the edge of a field.

We will be staying at The Club

Lake Gaston Resort for six days

before continuing south.

Eric registers us & gets

directions to our

campsite.

We are all alone in this section of 

the campground.

After a busy week visiting the Annapolis/Washington, DC area, I can get some chores done, read, kick back and relax.