Day Two - Driving from Kansas, through Missouri (Steve got to see the St. Louis arch for the first time), Indiana, Illinois, to Kentucky.  More trees and they are starting to change.  Our overnight was in Lawrence Kansas.  Poor choice since it was homecoming for Kansas State University.  Almost all of the motels booked and way over priced.  But the Holiday Inn was comfortable and clean ($179 for one night - yikes) but we got the handicap room so the bathroom was an experience.

Day Three - More Driving - from Kansas, through Kentucky and Virginia to our timeshare in Williamsburg, VA.  Mountain driving if you consider 2700 feet a mountain (she scoffs). But the landscape got more and more pretty.  But definitely glad for a promised break in long term driving.

Williamsburg, VA - September 29

Our timeshare is only a couple of miles from Colonial Williamsburg.  This site was originally excavated in the early 1930's and many of the structures are built on foundations of the original
buildings from the late 1700's.  Steve and I had both been here in our youths but as anticipated, it is much more interesting as an adult.  Plus it was very quiet so we had lengthy conversations with the historians who work there.

Did you know that "smithing" came from the word "smite" and applies to those who hammer - like blacksmithing, gunsmithing, stuff like that?  And when you say a dollar is a buck, that comes from colonial days when a deer hide would fetch you one spanish dollar so a buck for a dollar.  We had long conversations with the tobacco farmer, the guy at the governor's mansion, the guys who actually are making rifles by hand (9 year backlog for a $20,000 gun) and others.  Going back tomorrow for more.