1. Everyone has been so friendly in Virginia. You can tell who is from the north since they don’t make eye contact or say hello. 
2. There are a lot of cicadas. They are noisy and it’s disconcerting to think they could drop out of the trees overhead at any time. 
3. We saw a black snake, several feet long, on the loose, slithering past one of the rides at Busch Gardens. The staff member keeping an eye on the snake didn’t seem alarmed and said it likely came out of the Busch Gardens woods. Yikes!

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4. Big D loves the buffet at Kingsmill. He has 3-4 plates of food each morning: bagels, eggs, pastries, fruits, French toast and waffles. 

5. There’s been some pretty trees that wouldn’t last in New England (such as crepe myrtle), and one with these green pods that we still can’t figure out!