First Stop - Richmond, Virginia!

Michael and I made it to Richmond on Sunday night and have been enchanted ever since! Virginia is so beautiful with its lush vegetation and wide open fields and rivers. We got lost on our way to the Richmond PUG and I'm SO happy that we did because we took this unbelievable scenic route that we would have completely missed!
Thanks to Arlene Hope for hosting the PUG and for all those that came! The group was small, but that was good because it gave Michael and I a warm up for the rest of this tour!
It's so cool to be on the East coast. Michael and I have only been to NYC a few times, but never ventured anywhere else on this side of the country, so this is a treat! I can't wait to see more!


A couple things that were interesting when we got to Virginia is that we forgot that many states still have Smoking & Non-Smoking sections of restaurants here. We ventured into a Waffle House on our first night here since we were starving and there wasn't anything else. After the waitress took our order, she went in the corner of the restaurant and lite up! (We're not use to that anymore in California) I also wished we'd brought in our camera because there was the coolest looking black guy sitting in the corner wearing a white suit with a white Fedora. Would have been an awesome shot...
I also have really been enjoying the look of the homes that are built here. In California its all stucco, but here almost everything is brick! The contrast of the deep red against the emerald green lawns and trees is quite striking! I love it!

Next stop - Raleigh North Carolina!