Fredericksburg

This past Sunday, I wandered about an hour south to the old timey town of Fredericksburg to meet Becky for lunch and get in some good, quality time before I head back to Uganda. Fredericksburg has lots of cool Colonial history, but most tourist things are closed on Sunday - that was just fine, since we were not about to spend all afternoon in the Not so current currency exhibit. It was about a thousand degrees outside, so we escaped into as many air-conditioned antique shops as possible... it was even too hot for ice cream, believe it or not!


We walked down by the Rappahanock river and befriended this homeless hippie lady, who gave us a running commentary as we took a self portrait (something about how cameras are so high-tech these days, and no one knows which button to press). Of course, the heat didn't hold us back from being totally vain - we climbed around underneath this decrepit building and did a fun photo shoot... fun until Becky noticed the trappings of a homeless dude's temporary shelter. We decided to leave it in peace and walked back through Old Town.

Fredericksburg is a great place to spend the afternoon - as I was driving back to DC, I noticed a bunch of people swimming in the shallows of the Rappohanock - how fun! Next time we are definitely getting in on that action.

Results of our photo shoot:

Becky, the model



















I may have climbed through poison ivey for this artsy shot



















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