{"id":6767,"date":"2022-03-21T14:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2022-03-21T15:22:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:22:46","slug":"virginia-beach-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=6767","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Beach – March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Due to the pandemic, it had been over 2 years since Wayne and I stayed in a motel or hotel. With a rare free weekend, however, we made a (slow) run for Virginia Beach, traveling on Rt. 5 between Richmond and Jamestown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crossing the Chickahominy River on Rt. 5 west of Jamestown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the fun things about taking this route is crossing the James River on a ferry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The forecast had originally called for strong storms on Saturday morning, but instead it was breezy, with bright sunshine and warm temperatures. Glorious! We went to Nick’s on Laskin Road for breakfast, and it was comfortable enough to eat outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our next stop was one of our favorite places: First Landing State Park on 64th Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve made many, many trips to this state park, but this time we saw something we’d never seen before–a Bald Eagle! And it was being pursued by two Ospreys!! I wish I could have gotten a picture as they flew overhead, but they were all moving way too fast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A couple of hours later, we drove to another<\/em> favorite place: Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>. About 20 miles south of Virginia Beach, this narrow strip of land lies between between a bay and the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we got there, the skies had become overcast and it was very windy. We parked facing Back Bay, opened the windows, reclined the seats, and just relaxed (and dozed) for 20-30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In that short amount of time, the clouds moved off, the wind died down a little, and warm sunshine returned. We took the Seaside Trail over the dunes to the ocean, and marveled at the beauty all around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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