Museums are for Bears

Feeling Artsy

Took Rayna to the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk.

Friday at the Chrysler

Ami and I went to the Chrysler Museum today and spent several hours enjoying the art and history as well as the glass blowing demonstration. At the bottom of this post if a very long video of the glass blowing demo. It was pretty awesome!

Video of the glass blowing..

Norfolk Zoo Day

Since it was Laura's last day in Virginia, we decided to go to the Norfolk Zoo.

Naval History Day

Today, we took Laura, who is visiting us from Ohio, to downtown Norfolk the MacArthur Memorial and Museum.

Headed over to the USS Wisconsin in the Nauticus Museum..

 Laura and I reminiscing about the old days in repair lockers when we were in the Navy..

Chrysler Museum

Went to downtown Norfolk to the Chrysler Museum to see the big Duck. Yes, there was a big duck.

Then.. into the museum!

Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Terry and I decided that we would take a trip over to norfolk today and check out the norfolk Botanical Gardens. Neither of us had been there in quite some time.  (Click HERE for the Norfolk Botanical Garden Website)

The gardens lies on 155 acres near the Norfolk Airport and was started in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

We headed out early and had a little lunch at a place in Ghent.. The Green Onion. (Click HERE for the Green onion Website) We each had a sandwich. Mine was an apple and bacon grilled cheese and he had a grilled chicken on flatbread.

Here's us in the car on the way to Norfolk. Terry can be so silly sometimes.

After arrival, we headed into the garden and spent the next few hours just meandering around in the different little sections. The one below is one of the areas that has an meditation path in the shape of a  figure eight.

We walked a little further down the path....

into the Renaissance Gardens...

This is the entrance to the NATO Tower..

View from the top of the Nato Tower 

Harbor Fest 2012

This weekend was Harbor Fest. We decided to take the newly constructed light rail into downtown Norfolk and see the tall ships and maybe a few other things in downtown.

Tall Ships were everywhere! It was a sight!

We were able to go aboard the Mexican Ship "Cuavatemoc".

mmmm... Mexican Sailors!

Nauticus

Nauticus and the USS Wisconsin

Norwegian Ship Thor Heyerdahl and the USS Wisconsin from the front

General DOuglas MacArthur Memorial and Museum

Bye Norfolk.. Back on the Tide to Virginia Beach!

Mom and Willy Visit

Spirit of Norfolk

(Spirit of Norfolk Website)

Norfolk Mermaid

Nauticus Maritime Museum

Navy Memorial in Town Point Park

Anchor in Town Point Park

Inside Nauticus

Graveyard in St. Pauls Episcopal Church

Built in 1739-- Still has a Revolutionary War Cannonball in the brick on the side.. (Photo below)