That quote under the title of this blog is from my good friend Paul, and it was referring to a trip to Williamsburg, VA that I took in under 36 hours a few years ago.
Well, this past weekend reaffirmed that quote, and how appropriate that it was back to Williamsburg for Paul's wedding to the amazing Laura. My role in the wedding was to deliver by noon Paul's groomsman and youngest brother, Pat, who had a prom to attend in NJ the night before.
Challenge accepted.
We left Pine Beach at 4AM. My friends Mike and Katy came so that 1. they could visit our friend Eric in Mechanicsville, on the way to Williamsburg, and 2. so that there were a few more passengers who might be awake with me. Good thing they came, because Pat was a little bit tired. Actually, Katy was too. They were like toddlers, asleep in the back seat.
I drove into sunrise around the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Pee break at one of the northern Maryland houses. Coffee break at Hyperion in Fredericksburg. Dropped off Katy and Mike at Eric's, and got myself ready for the wedding there (figuring I couldn't mess myself up too badly during the hour of car ride that Pat and I had left from there).
Hit traffic.
STILL got Pat to the hotel by 11:30.
I wandered around Williamsburg for a little while, enjoying the Wawa in the historic building and a lengthy fife and drum parade before wandering back to the church, still a bit early for the wedding. I dozed in the car in the parking lot for a while, listening to the musicians warm up.
And then, the wedding. The beautiful, beautiful wedding. Congratulations to Paul and Laura!
The reception was lots of fun (great beer!). I enjoyed catching up with some wonderful people.
The drive the next morning was not the greatest. Well, the drive was fine, but man I was tired. I went home Sunday morning to make it for my afternoon concert at church. Thank goodness for Mike and Katy, whose collective company kept me awake and alert the whole time. Another glorious 20ish mph weekend.
Showing posts with label Williamsburg. Show all posts
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26 May 2012
28 December 2008
va va voom
For months I had been planning on going to Williamsburg on the 27 for my friends Alison and Scott's engagement party. They graduated a year before me, both geography majors at Mary Washington. After living there in Fredericksburg for four years, I still take for granted how large the Commonwealth of Virginia is, but figured a quick 375 miles to Williamsburg from home was not a big deal. However, the deal was sweetened when I found out that Junk Science would be playing the night of the 26. I had to be home today, so this trip ended up being a 750 miles in 36 hours whirlwind. I told this to my friend Paul, who responded, "Only Colleen Earp would go 20 miles per hour in her sleep." True story.
I left for Fredericksburg around 3PM Friday, arriving an hour before the band went on at The Loft at 9. Much to my dismay, this was actually the band's farewell show because the drummer is heading to Montana for a position with Americorps. (We are all happy for him, but the music will be missed!) While waiting for a college buddy of mine to meet me, I hung out at Hyperion, my favorite coffee shop maybe ever. Cute little historic building in a cute little historic city. It's not that I wanted to stay in college forever, but there are definitely things I miss about that town on the Rappahannock. Good show though, and I stayed at the house of one of the band members with a bunch of friends.
The next morning, after another stop at Hyperion (seriously, the iced coffee is cold brewed and just the best I've ever had), it was off to Williamsburg. The friend I met for the show the night before, Jonathan, was also a geography major with Alison, Scott and myself, and was also going to the party, so he drove us down there. I don't know why I had it in my head that once I was in Fredericksburg from NJ, Williamsburg wasn't much farther, but that's basically not true. It ended up being a long day and a fast turn around for me, but it was so good to see some old friends.
On the way home, I stopped in northern Virginia to see one of my old roommates, Brittany. I am overall not remotely a fan of the overdevelopment in Fairfax County, but I am a huge fan of Brittany so it was definitely worth the stop. It meant getting home at 3AM today, but it did make it an even 36 hours of touring the southern part of Megalopolis.
I left for Fredericksburg around 3PM Friday, arriving an hour before the band went on at The Loft at 9. Much to my dismay, this was actually the band's farewell show because the drummer is heading to Montana for a position with Americorps. (We are all happy for him, but the music will be missed!) While waiting for a college buddy of mine to meet me, I hung out at Hyperion, my favorite coffee shop maybe ever. Cute little historic building in a cute little historic city. It's not that I wanted to stay in college forever, but there are definitely things I miss about that town on the Rappahannock. Good show though, and I stayed at the house of one of the band members with a bunch of friends.
The next morning, after another stop at Hyperion (seriously, the iced coffee is cold brewed and just the best I've ever had), it was off to Williamsburg. The friend I met for the show the night before, Jonathan, was also a geography major with Alison, Scott and myself, and was also going to the party, so he drove us down there. I don't know why I had it in my head that once I was in Fredericksburg from NJ, Williamsburg wasn't much farther, but that's basically not true. It ended up being a long day and a fast turn around for me, but it was so good to see some old friends.
On the way home, I stopped in northern Virginia to see one of my old roommates, Brittany. I am overall not remotely a fan of the overdevelopment in Fairfax County, but I am a huge fan of Brittany so it was definitely worth the stop. It meant getting home at 3AM today, but it did make it an even 36 hours of touring the southern part of Megalopolis.
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