Friday night Robin drove up. Bud was supposed to drive down and arrive very late (or early), but as he was still sitting at the train station, 2 hours from his house, at 7 PM, he didn’t really feel up to making the 6 hour drive to my house after that. He came down Saturday morning. We all attended the event of the year, Monkey’s first birthday party.

Robin and I went on a Canal Cruise that night. The whole canal thing was something I didn’t know much about (meaning, the canal system in Richmond. I am familiar with canals in general.) and it turned out to be very interesting.
Saturday we headed out to the Richmond National Battlefield and the American Civil War Center. Lots of reading there. When we went into the museum, the City’s water rescue team was starting a river rescue. When we came out 2 hours later, they were still there. (Everything turned out OK). We hit another Civil War site (Chimborazo Hospital) and then headed to dinner and to see Indiana Jones.

Sunday we went to the botanical gardens, met some friends for lunch, and then checked out more of the City, including the Hollywood Cemetery. We were afraid we’d never get out. Turns out, all kinda looks the same.

So, that was my weekend. How about you?