Today I am studying maps. Yes, I know, I say I make
spontaneous trips and yet, I will peruse the atlas for hours to check routes. I
just don’t make definite decisions in the planning.
Today, I found the Great Dismal Swamp brochure from
the information picked up on the 2013 trip. It looks intriguing, so I looked up
websites and maps. Oh, this is a place I want to visit! There are many trails,
boardwalks, and canals. A birders paradise, too! It’s on the borders of
Virginia and North Carolina and further east than I traveled on the previous
trip. Yet it’s off Rte. 17, north of where I picked up that highway before. I
could take Interstate 64 off of I-295 in Richmond and taking this route would
bring me by Williamsburg. Williamsburg is a place I’ve always wanted to visit,
too.
Coming out to the Atlantic Ocean will put me near
Chincoteague Island; a place that intrigued me ever since reading “Misty of
Chincoteague” as a child. However, I’m not sure that’s an area to visit in the
winter. Turning south, the way will take me through Newport News, Norfolk,
Portsmouth, and Chesapeake where I will pick up Route 17S. Rte. 17 follows one
of the Dismal Swamp ditches. According to the reading, the Great Dismal Swamp
will be at least a two-day visit. Hmm, do I want to spend two days? But, the
history and the wildlife and the trails… can I resist?
Everything will, of course, depend on the weather. I
won’t know until I get there.
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