Summer of 22 - #3 - Cheatham Annex, Museums, Family & Lighthouses

June 28th, 2022

We arrived at Cheatham Annex Recreation Area, near Williamsburg, Virginia.  We stayed here last year.  It is a nice military campground, although the internet signal is weak and I have no phone signal. It will work for us for the next six weeks. It is very convenient for all the historic places around here, some of which we visited last year.   

June 30th, 2022

We drove to Langley Air Force Base to get groceries and look at the static displays.

F-86

F-15

F-105

F-16

F-15

B-52

Bryan worked on the F-4E & G at George AFB back in the day. 

F-4C

July 3rd - 5th, 2022

We went back to visit Ryan, Christina, Trystan & Colton for a couple of days over July 4th weekend.

On the 4th, we walked down to the beach to watch fireworks but didn't get any pictures.

When I got up the next morning Trystan was all excited and asked me to go in the garden with him. He had found me a frog.  How awesome was that. It reminded me of many, many years ago his Dad coming into the house in Las Vegas and telling me "Mummy, mummy there's a frog in the garden". I didn't believe him, as I didn't think there would be a frog in my garden in the heat of Las Vegas, but sure enough there it was.  I didn't get a picture then. Social media wasn't prominent and I probably didn't have film in the camera!!

It was a lovely stay and all too soon it was time to head back home. 

July 13th, 2022

We met Ryan, Christina and the boys at Wolf Creek where they were staying overnight.  It is a water park and we had fun in the wave pool and relaxing in the hot tub. I even went on the lazy river and got drenched from the overhead buckets of water. As most of you know I have a fear of water on my face but I was very brave!!  Again, we didn't get any pictures as we didn't want to take the cameras near the water. After all that excitement Bryan & I looked after Colton for a while, so R, C & T could go on some rides together. He slept the whole time and we had some conversations with people on the joys of being a grandparent.

July 20th, 2022

We went to visit a couple of museums. I will do separate blogs to cover those.

Hampton Air Power Park Museum & Buckroe Beach Lighthouse - Blog to follow

Mariners' Museum & Park - Blog to follow

July 22nd, 2022 

It was time to go and see some real lighthouses.

It was going to be quite a long drive but we don't mind driving to see things that interest us. It's good to get out of the house for a while.

We stopped at the Mathews County Visitor & Information Centre in Mathews, Virginia to get a lighthouse stamp for our lighthouse book. We had a nice chat with the ladies in there and they told us about another lighthouse we could see, so we got two stamps in our book and then went off to find the lighthouse.

I had found directions for New Point Comfort Lighthouse and very soon we found it. We had to take pictures from a nearby viewpoint in a small park.

There was a small covered picnic area.

and vultures in a tree

We decided to try and find the other lighthouse. So off we went.......... We ended up driving on some narrow roads and after taking one wrong turn eventually got back on track and found Bethel Beach. 

Bethel Beach

In the distance we think is Wolf Trap Light. It was quite a way out in the ocean and we zoomed in as best we could.

Wolf Trap Light

Wolf Trap Light

It was a little disappointing that we couldn't get a better view but we still had a nice day out.

We stopped in a layby near to the campground and saw this informational sign on Cheatham Annex.

We haven't managed to get out exploring much here as it has been so hot, so we had a nice adventure today and got two more stamps for our Lighthouse Passport.