Williamsburg, VA

Nov. 3- 6 If you've been with us since the beginning, you know our grandson, Ian, named our motor coach, Gigantor. For the uninitiated, that's from the movie "Night at the Museum." The name stuck, though we call it Tor for short. Ian's been very anxious to take a trip and have a "sleepover" in Tor, so we planned a short trip to Williamsburg with Ian and his parents...my daughter, Kelly and her husband, Chip. It was a brillant November day, Ian had a couple of days off of school so we set off for a long weekend.

We were disappointed with the RV park when we arrived. The sites are not very nicely appointed, but the recreational ammenities, an indoor pool, nice miniature golf course and a game room, worked out very well for Ian. After a swim, we cooked BBQ ribs and the trimmings on the grill and spent the evening playing board games Ian brought along.

We really lucked out with the weather...perfect day for strolling through colonial Williamsburg. Arriving at the Visitors Center, we find the variations on ticket packages is rather mind-boggling. Recommend going to their website first and figuring out what you want...http://colonialwilliamsburg.com/.

We had a terrific day walking back through history and it was glorious weather for just hanging out! Everyone else headed back to Tor mid-afternoon and I did a little shopping. Found a number of cute little stores and a pretty interesting woman's shop. Pick up some hostess gifts for upcoming holiday parties and head back for Kelly's lasagna.

Scored another beautiful day and the three guys and I make a tee-time. We gave Ian clubs last summer and he has really taken to the game. The course is nicely kept and a good middle ground for the varying degrees of skills in our foursome. One really great thing is something I've never seen before...a set of junior tees on the front side. The staff is incredibly friendly and accommodating. We have a great time and Ian makes the full 18.