My Summer Vacation, Part 2

After recovering from the SEC Baseball Tournament, we flew to Charlottesville, Virginia. Doesn't really sound like the summer tourist spot and it isn't. However, it was a nice peaceful getaway from normal life. We arrived on June 2 and promptly wandered over to the campus of The University of Virginia to watch some baseball. The NCAA Baseball Regionals were being hosted by UV and by a stroke of luck, South Carolina was participating. We decided to watch South Carolina's game, however, when we got there, the first game was still underway. Unbeknownst to us, the first game between Lehigh and Virginia had started late and no one bothered to tell us when we asked for tickets for the night game. When we sat down, Virginia was winning 10-2 and the game only in the fifth inning. Thankfully we were entertained by a group of frat guys acting goofy. After the game was over, the stadium had to be cleared. On our way out, a thunderstorm hit and drenched us on the way to the car. We figured that the night would not get better, so we went back to the hotel only to find out that there was no power. The trip was certainly not going the way we wanted, but the power came back on after about a half hour.

Saturday and Sunday were the typical tourist attraction days. On Saturday we wandered around Monticello and Miche's Tavern. That night we went to a professional Shakespearean theater to see Richard III and have a nice dinner out. On Sunday we drove around some of the nearby Civil War battlefields. The majority of the history we saw revolved around Stonewall Jackson. We visited the spot in Chancelorsville where he was shot and also followed the ambulance trail to where he later died. We also traveled to the Fredricksburg battlefield and the Spotsylvania battlefield which has the distinction of containing the bloodiest battle of the war. That evening we had planned again to see South Carolina play in the NCAA Baseball Regional, but we returned from the battlefields after the game had started and decided to stay in for the night.

Monday was an open day for me as Erika had to visit the university for research, which was the original intent anyway. I spent most of the day in the hotel room playing video games before going to an Indian buffet for lunch. After lunch I decided to play miniature golf before going downtown to have dinner and play some pool. On Tuesday we had to pack up and leave but not before going to play miniature golf one more time. Back to the grind once again.