Chrysler Museum of Art - Norfolk Virgina

The Chrysler Museum of Art was a great one with many kinds of media and history.

It had old artifacts from Egypt, Asia, Congo and more...



This is in the oil media which was done in 1840 by American artist Harriet Peale.

This is a statue by American Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1906. It is called Girl Dancing.

This is a very unusual glass piece. It is fused and thermoformed glass strings. It was done by American artist Toots Zynsky in 2005.

This piece was done by Deborah Butterfield. It is called Kakiwi and was done in 2000. It is done in cast bronze. When Butterfield first made these statues, she made them of wood and paper. They proved to be too hard to transport so she created what, to me, looks like wood in cast bronze.

This was in an entire room -- called The Women Series - 1992-1999 by Gwen Akin & Allan Ludwig . They are gelatin, silver prints.

This was in their modern section. It is called Falling Man by Ernest Trova made in 1963.

This museum's glass collections are the best I have ever seen.



This is what they call cameo glass.


They have our local artist Dale Chihuly also.


Tiffany Studios is famous for there lamps. However, they do so much more than lamps....






You may think of Frank Lloyd Wright as an architect. He also designed glass and furniture and so much more.


I saved my favorite until the last. It is video art. I sat there mesmerized as the seasons came and went. It was done in 2008 by Jennifer Steinkamp.

NOTE: This may take forever to download, however, believe me it is worth the wait. Click on the play button > at the bottom left. It may help.

Williamsburg Virginia

When we went to Williamsburg it was like we had gone back to pioneer days. People even dressed that way.

This was the main reason I wanted to go to Williamsburg. It is Burford Church. This is the church attended by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. How is that for history?
Practically the entire town of Williamsburg is preserved from its pioneer days. Many old, old historical buildings.

Lumberton North Carolina

On the way to Virginia Beach Virginia we stayed in Lumberton NC for a night, actually it was supposed to be two nights. We have adopted a plan when we move. We aim for about 250 miles and if it is longer we break it up with two nights.

We got to the Sleepy Bears RV Park and spent one night. The next day after Lance got back from taking photographs of yet another beautiful golf course, we started to have problems with the electricity. The only solution was to move since it was not our motorhome. We decided if we needed to move might as so we continued on to Four Oaks NC.

On the way to Lumberton we saw at least a million billboards for South of the Border. Never did understand the name since it was north of the South and North Carolina borders.

Turns out it was a whole wonderland of fun. They certainly know how to advertise!!!

This is the Lumberton water tower. It is the most decorated water tower I have seen -- I have seen a few since every town has one.

A Tour of Savannah Georgia

It was HOT, really HOT!!! in Savannah the day we wanted to take a tour. We decided against the trolley in favor of our air conditioned car. Savannah is a beautiful city. We stayed in Hardeeville SC just over the Talmadge Bridge from Savannah. We went over it numerous times. I never got over my awe of its beauty.

Along the Savannah River is old town. A small one-way brick road (no, it is not yellow!!!) led us along the old stores and restaurants. It was very cool...well, hot...but cool!!!!

Throughout the City of Savannah are parks, called squares. They are lovely, green peaceful places right in the middle of everything. In the hot weather one of these parks would be a great refuge. Many of them had memorials or monuments.

The old houses were gorgeous. It is like you stepped back in time going through the residential areas.

The churches were also beautiful....wow!

Tybee Island

Did you see Mylie Cyrus's movie "Last Song"? We enjoyed it. She did a good job with it. I got to wondering where it had been filmed since I saw the famous Spanish Moss in the trees. When I found out the church was on Tybee Island near Savannah GA I wanted to go see it.

Apparently, the City of Tybee has bought it and will be turning it into a wedding chapel. I expected to see it in is "repaired" form. In the movie it had caught on fire and at the end it was restored with a beautiful stained glass window. If you look close you can see "burn" on the top and bottom of the steeple in the upper left hand corners.

It turned out there was a lot of things to see and do on Tybee Island. You were guided by green turtles around town.

Georgia's oldest and tallest lighthouse is on Tybee Island. Nearby was an old bunker which is being used today as a museum.

We had lunch at the Crab Shack. It was one of the best seafood restaurants we have gone to. They do not fry any of their fish. It is either grilled, broiled or baked. Cool! It was also a restaurant you could bring your boat into for lunch.

Additionally, on another island near Tybee Island is Fort Pulaski. It is the only fort I have seen that has a moat around it. It was built to guard the river approaches to Savannah GA in the early the 1800s.

I cannot keep from wondering if the people who live here are named FROG!!

Lots of birds as always.

And, lots of places to shop.