{"id":6130,"date":"2021-11-29T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:43:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T02:43:07","slug":"20211129va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/29\/20211129va\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Visit to Virginia, Fort Monroe and Colonial Williamsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late November 2021, I spent two days in southeast Virginia for some history, visiting Fort Monroe on the first day and Colonial Williamsburg on the second.<\/p>\n

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I had two Marriott cat5 free nights that were to expire at the end of 2021, so I was looking for places to spend them. One property on my radar was Williamsburg Lodge, an Autograph Collection. I visited the other two of Virginia\u2019s history triangle (Jamestown and Yorktown), so I thought it would be nice to complete the trio. On the other hand, slightly down the road, Fort Monroe had always been on my mind. I passed it twice in the previous years but didn\u2019t have an opportunity to pay it a visit. There settled my itinerary for these two days.<\/p>\n

So on the morning of Nov 28, I left my home in northern DC suburb around 9am. It\u2019s the Sunday after Thanksgiving and traffic was heavy along I95 in Virginia (just like every previous time I headed south along it). I tried to wake up as early as possible, but a 9am departure was really the best that I could do. And it\u2019s 11am by the time I reached Fredericksburg, Virginia.
\nI planned to visit Fort Monroe in Hampton today, which meant after Fredericksburg I could take the beautiful country road of US17, instead of bearing with the traffic along interstate 95\/64 towards Williamsburg. The villages along US17 were sparsely populated, and it\u2019s an enjoyable drive as ever. After a few stops along the way for fuel and lunch, I reached Fort Monroe at 2pm.<\/p>\n