Mariners Museum

Saturday, Terry and I decided that we would go over to the other side of the water and visit Newport News. It only takes about 25 minutes to get there, and the drive is at least pretty at this time of year.  

Right before you arrive at the museum, driving up the side of the James River, there is a little park with a few Lion Statues and a monument to Collis Potter Huntington, the founder of the Newport News Shipyard. We later found out that Lion Bridge is a dam that was built in the early 1920's. 

The Lions were added in 1932. 

There is also a 550 acre park on the grounds of the Museum.. Noland Trail is a five mile hike through the park that twists around Lake Maury in the middle. Maybe next time, we'll dress appropriately to walk down the path!  We stopped there for a few minute to take some pictures.  There was a tree on the inland side of the road that looked like it had been there since the Civil War.

Then we went to was the Mariners Museum. We'd been there a few times before when they had a Traveling Titanic exhibit, but that was nearly 10 years ago.

After the Mariners Museum, we took a drive to Dutch Village Apartments... When Terry and I first got married like 200 years ago, he and his friend Doug lived here. (In the first pic with the tree in front of the apartment) After we got married, Doug, Terry and I.. and Teddy... moved to another apartment in Dutch Village..

It was fun to see the old place and we left kinds quick before we got shot. It was not a nice neighborhood!

We headed over to Patrick Henry Mall... It was nicer and had been added onto A LOT! After about 20 minutes there, we decided that we'd had enough..

We had heard that the Colosseum Mall had been town down and there was a new Town Center type area added.. Peninsula Town Center.. It was very nice, crowded, but nice!

That was it for our little Saturday. We headed back to Virginia Beach. :)