Petersburg Virginia

 We checked out of Airbnb and headed East without knowing where we might stay.  On our way we stopped in Winston Salem in the old historic area of town.  Enjoyed seeing the old homes, an all women’s school operating still today, and an interesting Church that is also active.  Our next stop another couple hours east was Cary.  Another walk around town where we enjoyed the drugstore that had been there forever with a soda fountain serving bologna sandwiches and pimento cheese sandwiches.  We wished we hadn’t just eaten, otherwise would have certainly sat down to enjoy.   We decided to target Petersburg for our overnight stay.  We found a nice spot near a Lowe’s at a dead end street.  We did search around a little bit while trying to find an ice cream for Paula, but in the end felt like our first spot was the best.  It was perfect with the exception of a dumpster box being dropped off right next to us early in the morning with a startling bang.  Pretty sure the driver had a few laughs over that one.  Made no sense why one would be dropped there.  Anyways, we had a nice relaxing start to the day and then made our way to the Petersburg Battlefields which was very interesting. It was a 4 mile driving tour, but Paula suggested we should ride our bikes which obviously sounded great to me and was perfect for looking at all 7 of the stops along the way without having to get in and out of a car.  We saw a crater where a tunnel had been dug by the Federal’s past the confederates front line and filled with gun powder.  The explosion created the crater that was 80 ft wide and 30 ft deep.