We spent today playing tourists in Fredericksburg. It was crazy hot, even first thing this morning. Temps hovered right around the 100 degree mark, very humid, heat index somewhere around 110.
Anyway, hot day to be walking around. We first stopped at Belmont, Home to Geri Melchers, an artist from the late 1800s - early 1900s. He has a beautiful estate and we haven’t been there in just over 21 years. Belmont is s very special place for us, it’s where we were married. The grounds are just as beautiful as they were 21 years ago. The college now owns/operates Belmont. Was nice to revisit it.
Next stop was the Sunken Road site of the Fredericksburg battlefields. Took the walking tour, relearned the story of the battle of Fredericksburg. We strolled through the cemetary, saw Brompton from afar, again, bringing back many memories of college and early days with Mike.
Then we headed into town with the idea of just walking around a little before heading to mom’s. Bought the boys some civil war bullets, wandered up and down Caroline street. Mom was not quite ready for company so we ended up grabbing lunch at Sammy T’s. Different owners than when we were here, but some favorites were still on the menu - camper’s favorite and lemon tahini dressing. Our car was blocked by a delivery truck so we ended up walking up the street and visited the shush Mercer apothecary shop.
Finally it was time to head to Stafford. We helped Mom with a few things around the house, ran some errands for her, kept her company for the afternoon. After dinner we headed back to town for one last stop at Carl’s.
Tomorrow we continue the friends and family leg of the tour in Frederick, Maryland with more friends we know from TX.
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