Once every summer (I know it is not official yet, but when the temp hits 100 it's summer!) Felicia gets to go with me on a business trip to review the territory.
We started in Richmond last Tuesday, and treated ourselves to dinner at an outdoor patio table at a really nice Mall. It is a true mall, all of the stores are open to the outside world, with lots of nice landscaping, fountains and the like.
Weds evening we moved on to VA Beach, and once again ate at an outdoor cafe right on the boardwalk overlooking the Atlantic.
We were also able to do so Thursday night, just before the heat came on with a vengeance on Friday.
After my last call, we spent the rest of the day and evening at Busch Gardens, probably our favorite theme park. We ended a fun day with dinner at one of my favorite Italian joints, a family run enterprise with cheap and fabulous food.
Saturday before heading home we went to the Colonial downtown district.
My "Greenbough" (which is the Greek original meaning of her name) was thrilled to find a stall with some rare fresh herb plants, including a Bay tree.
Now we just have to find the perfect place to plant it.
Pictures follow, in no particular order.
King Neptune greeting his subjects.
We stumbled upon the first free open air concert of the season.
I heard a very unique version of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" featuring an electric fiddle playing.
It was the group "A Flock of Seagulls", which was extremely well known and popular in the eighties. I'm sure my nephew Martin is familiar with them.
Last year we saw Percy Sledge (When a man loves a woman) at the same free venue.
Various shots of some wonderful animals at Busch, including a cool looking owl, gray wolf, an up close shot of yours truly and a delightfully vibrant bird, and the famous Clydesdales themselves, gamboling in their pasture.
Many shots of the lovely Queen Felicia, (Yes Kim, she is truly groovy!)
A flock of idiots getting ready to take a 10 story vertical drop on the "Gryphon", one of six terrifying Coasters that I would not be caught dead on.
Our only ride was the Choo Choo train that goes around the outside of the park.
Adventuresome we ain't!
Some wonderful landscape shots at Busch Gardens, a truly beautiful park.
This version of the park is Busch Europe, with sections made to look like the UK, Germany, Italia, France and Canada.
We started the day with a cold beer at Grogan's Pub in Ireland.
I was served by a young woman from the Auld Sod with a delightful Irish Brougue.
A great trip, I may cheat and board the mutts and take Felicia with me again later this summer!
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