On Sep 23, 2005, at 8:49, Andrea Lamble wrote:
Dear Spiders, DH and I are coming to the US for a 'road trip' around
the
Virginia area at the beginning of October for 18 days. We're starting
from Washington DC and travelling via Shenandoah Valley/ Blue Ridge
Mountains, across to Richmond and Williamsburg then up round Chesapeake
Bay and back to Washington. Hoping to catch lots of Autumn colours in
Shenandoah. Planning the final route this weekend. Is there anywhere
that
we simply 'must' include in our itinerary?
Well, from the lace point of view, there's DC itself and the
Smithsonian, with its lace collection. There are lace tours offered on
every first Wednesday of the month, 10:00-noon, free and open to the
public, but you have to make a reservation. Once in US, call: (202)
633-3826.
Still better, post your question on lace <g> I don't know who's
currently in charge of those tours; you might be able to arrange
something via e-mail before you land, but I'm almost certain that we
don't have anyone who knows and is reading chat at the moment. But
there are a lot of lacemakers around the DC area. Their group, The
Chesapeake Region LG has a website:
http://www.crlg.org/
I'm rather fond of Williamsburg, though lace is scarce there, since it
had not been made there during the period. But there are a few
lacemakers there, one of them actually working for the Williamsburg
Foundation. I haven't been in direct contact with her for quite a while
but I'll forward your message to her and hope she'll respond; she could
certainly show you what there *is* on the site.
Don't know about Richmond. Have heard that the Valentine Museum has
some lace (not on show; would have to arrange a viewing) but have never
been in Richmond long enough to visit it. The Chrysler Museum in
Norflok (Chesapeke Bay area) is nice, but I have no idea if they have
any lace - never heard of any. There is a group in the Norfolk/VA Beach
area, but how active it is I have no idea, having been out of touch
with them for a long time. But I'll forward your message there, just
the same, and let's hope for the best
Non-lace... I'd highly recommend visiting any caverns you happen to
come accross while driving along the Blue Ridge. If, that is, you're
not claustrophobic :)
Can't think of anything else. There's loads to see in VA, especially in
the area you're talking about but, while 2000+ miles in 18 days is not
a break-neck speed, it doesn't leave a lot of time for browsing either,
so you're right - you need to nail the "can't miss" spots...
Best [EMAIL PROTECTED] from warm and dry Lexington, where both DH and I
"tanked up" today, "just in case". The gas prices have dropped a wee
bit since the immediate post-Katrina spike (3.09 a gallon for the
highest octane) but then there's still "lovely Rita meter-maid"
scheduled to land this weekend, also in the gas-producing area. Though,
knocking on wood, she seems to have lost some of her punishing fury...
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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