http://www.bettertravelersnow.com Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:05:05 EDT http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/23/17/williamsburg-virginia-part-ii-colonial-williamsburg-part-i.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/23/17/williamsburg-virginia-part-ii-colonial-williamsburg-part-i.html Williamsburg is a Renovated Reminder of our Colonial Past

The Commonwealth of Virginia, along with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are the cradles of English civilization in the New World. Jamestown, Virginia was established in 1607, Plymouth Rock was established in 1620.

Jamestown served as the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia until the 1676, when the State House was burned during Bacon's Rebellion. The Commonwealth's government was temporarily relocated to Middle Plantation, whi... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:02:01 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/17/17/national-parks-part-i-the-cape-hatteras-national-seashore.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/17/17/national-parks-part-i-the-cape-hatteras-national-seashore.html North Carolina's Ribbon of Sand Buffeted by Two Big Brothers of Blue

On any clear sunny day along North Carolina's eastern most shore, known simply as "The Outer Banks," the curious traveler can enjoy this geological oddity on most all days in all seasons. As the new year begins in Winter, the sand blown coast shudders some days, sunny or not, from the cold northern winds blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean. On other days, the winds blow in from a more southerly direction, usually bringing a war... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:54:45 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/14/17/national-parks-part-ii-the-c-o-canal.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/14/17/national-parks-part-ii-the-c-o-canal.html Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park

From Rock Creek Parkway on the west side of Washington proper, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal runs through Georgetown, and further west through the District of Columbia, and further west through Maryland north of the Potomac River to the crest of the rocky falls of that great river resides the C & O Canal National Historic Park. This National Historic Park is located at the locale of the "6 Locks at Great Falls." Within the boundaries of the park... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:51:01 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/13/17/washington-dc-part-i-arlington-cemetary.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/13/17/washington-dc-part-i-arlington-cemetary.html Arlington Cemetery

Washington, District of Columbia is one of the most important cities in the world. It is a young city, even by The United States of America's standards; but considering the legislation and executive decisions that have been made within its limits over the last 70 years, it is inarguably, the most important city in the world over that period. The southern Virginia side of Washington, D.C. is the most significant: architecturally and in regards to the city planning and design... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:38:45 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/12/17/national-parks-part-iii-the-cape-hatteras-light-station.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/12/17/national-parks-part-iii-the-cape-hatteras-light-station.html North Carolina's Outer Banks Again: Destination - Cape Hatteras Light Station

Living less than an hour and fifty minutes from Nags Head, my staging area to the National Seashore, I am regularly drawn to the beauty of one of the most beautiful and unspoiled seashores on eastern coast of the United States of America. On this quick trip to the seashore, my wife would not accompany me. I was alone, but I would be undeterred.

On that fine spring morning, after a beautiful sunrise and with... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:37:01 EST