January in the RVA (January 25, 2015)

 Been an interesting month. Course this time of year not a lot going on as far as festivals or any type of event...for many its the post Christmas "hangover". We did get a trace of snow this month early....but it was gone by 9am. In that we have been lucky...not a lot of places can say that this far north....has been some good snows all around us. January 26-27 the luck "may" run out (the weather people are not real sure yet) but looks like we will at least get a little.As winters go though...so far so good.  

 Took this at the Poe Museum in Richmond. For a long time he lived here...it was late in his life he died in Baltimore, MD. The museum does not have a whole lot of Poe items (he died not having a lot) but was very neat..and is said to be the largest collection of his Items. Was neat to see some things he had written in his own hands, and quite a few things about him.
Not the house he lived in, but is located on Main Street in the oldest surviving house in Richmond which is in and of itself pretty cool. If you are in the RVA it is well worth a stop and a look.

This is the New Kent Winery, which I went to on a warm (upper 50's temperature wise) day. Got there on the motorcycle....January has been nice in that there have been a few riding days to get my knees in the breeze. Course requires some bundling up but has been fun to get out.
As for the winery, very neat. Got a few (but not too many) glasses of wine, and had a wine and cheese plate.
New Kent is pretty neat, the former horse race track Colonial Downs is out there, and some really neat houses. Not really developed from what I could see, but said to be a fast growing area.

This is the Halfway House, which dates to 1760. Neat to eat there as so did over the years: Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, George Washington, US Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Marquis deLafayette...just to name a few.
The Halfway House is located on Jefferson Davis Highway and the food and service were fantastic. I really enjoyed my dinner there, and plan to come back when I have someone special to take there.
It has not been a very exciting month, in fact sort of laid back, but that is certainly not a bad thing...nice to have those sort of days from time to time.