Had a full day in Richmond, VA on October 1. Went to downtown following a great time at Hogtober (the Part 2 of this post) in Church Hill, but also went by Octoberfest. While walking to that, wandered by the Capital of Virginia. The building was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and is quite an impressive sight Entrance is right in front of it, have to go through security to walk through it. Worth that, cause there is a lot of history in that building, and it is quite a sight to check out inside. In fact older posts of this site have some photos from inside. The Governor of Virginia also lives on the grounds of this area, and has a very nice house there.
Took this photo at Octoberfest at the Capital Ale House. Was quite an adventure to get to it, due to the fact that section of Main Street was closed, and as you can see from the crowd parking was quite a job, so I got a little walk in. Walking in Richmond though is pretty cool, and I got some good photos while I was out, so no problem. Actually, did not get any beer there, I did however get a collectable beer stein there, which was pretty cool. Always fun being downtown, and they also had some German food, German bands, and people in ethnic German clothing. Crowd seemed to be having a good time, and it was nice being there.
Earlier I went (actually the start of the day) to Drewery's Bluff (aka Ft. Darling) where a group of Civil War Re-enactors were set up. They had a lot of displays of period items from the Civil War, and there was also a park service ranger there to give details on the Naval Battle on the James River there. Basically, during the Civil War, a Union fleet came up the James River (which included the famous Ironclad USS Monitor, and was driven off from guns based on the fort above the James River. Some of those guns were from the scuttled Confederate Ironclad CSA Virginia (formerly the Union ship USS Merrimack) I enjoyed seeing these displays at the fort.
Finally, the day ended at Mulligans Sports Bar, where I watched with a friend from work the University of Louisville vs Marshall University football game (Louisville lost). We had a good time though, and that is really nice place. I liked the upper deck and got a photo of it when I checked it out. It was a very good time, and win or lose Mulligans was a nice place to watch the game. I have a few more photos on my photo page and there is a link to that on this page. Saw a lot of interesting things in what is a fun and interesting city....Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Had a full day in Richmond, VA on October 1. Went to downtown following a great time at Hogtober (the Part 2 of this post) in Church Hill, but also went by Octoberfest. While walking to that, wandered by the Capital of Virginia. The building was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and is quite an impressive sight Entrance is right in front of it, have to go through security to walk through it. Worth that, cause there is a lot of history in that building, and it is quite a sight to check out inside. In fact older posts of this site have some photos from inside. The Governor of Virginia also lives on the grounds of this area, and has a very nice house there. 
Took this photo at Octoberfest at the Capital Ale House. Was quite an adventure to get to it, due to the fact that section of Main Street was closed, and as you can see from the crowd parking was quite a job, so I got a little walk in. Walking in Richmond though is pretty cool, and I got some good photos while I was out, so no problem. Actually, did not get any beer there, I did however get a collectable beer stein there, which was pretty cool. Always fun being downtown, and they also had some German food, German bands, and people in ethnic German clothing. Crowd seemed to be having a good time, and it was nice being there.
Earlier I went (actually the start of the day) to Drewery's Bluff (aka Ft. Darling) where a group of Civil War Re-enactors were set up. They had a lot of displays of period items from the Civil War, and there was also a park service ranger there to give details on the Naval Battle on the James River there. Basically, during the Civil War, a Union fleet came up the James River (which included the famous Ironclad USS Monitor, and was driven off from guns based on the fort above the James River. Some of those guns were from the scuttled Confederate Ironclad CSA Virginia (formerly the Union ship USS Merrimack) I enjoyed seeing these displays at the fort.
Finally, the day ended at Mulligans Sports Bar, where I watched with a friend from work the University of Louisville vs Marshall University football game (Louisville lost). We had a good time though, and that is really nice place. I liked the upper deck and got a photo of it when I checked it out. It was a very good time, and win or lose Mulligans was a nice place to watch the game. I have a few more photos on my photo page and there is a link to that on this page. Saw a lot of interesting things in what is a fun and interesting city....Richmond, Virginia, USA.
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