Wed Jun 10, 2015STATS Departure: 10:00 AM, Williamsburg, VAArrival: 12:15 PM, Charlottesville, VAMiles: 122 miles Travel Time: 2 hrs. 15 min.It's strange to be excited about leaving a place when it’s as beautiful as Williamsburg. But we were expecting to be there four days and three nights (arrive on Saturday, Colonial Williamsburg on Sunday and Monday, leave Tuesday). Instead we were there for 12 days (11 nights). Now we’re in Charlottesville, ex...

Yes, that's right, I'm cheating. I'm tired of being behind, and I'm never going to catch up if I don't do something drastic. So, here it is, something drastic: I'm doing four entries in one.I've been sick for about a week and a half, and Barbara has been taking very good care of me. On those rare occasions that I wasn't whining, she had a little time for herself. She wanted me to report to you that over the last week and a half sh...

I'm still sick. To make it worse, my fever went up to 100 today. Of course, 100 is a nice, even number. I like being even. I'd hate for you to think I’m odd.I’m still not going anywhere, let alone into Colonial Williamsburg. I feel trapped here, like I’m in prison in an Edward G. Robinson movie.I can’t take it anymore, see? I’m getting’ outa here, see? These screws can’t keep me locked up. Not me. Not Billy the Cr...

I think I'm starting to feel better, and I’m getting tired of sitting around watching the rain.Were we hacked yesterday?

That's right, nothing to report. Nothing to see here, folks. Everybody go home.My cold is getting worse. Now, I think I have a fever, albeit low-grade. (Have you ever thought about the term "low-grade fever"? It sounds like your cold is second-rate, that, somehow, your cold isn't as good as everybody else's. I mean, really. If I’m going to have a cold, I don’t want any second-rate cold. I want the real thing, a champion cold. I want the co...