Richmond is no stranger to history — you’ll find historical markers on many city streets of major events that have shaped the Commonwealth and the country. For a few weeks in May, though, there was another kind of history in town — the history of the exploration era. It sailed-in taking the form of modern […]
The James River Park System includes land surrounding the James up and down Richmond, and one of the neat things about it (there are many) is the elaborate trail system along the river. You can really get lost in the wilderness while you’re on those trails, which is incredible when you consider that you’re in […]
This was a trip that began in Shockoe Slip near downtown Richmond, crossed into Manchester and toward the Richmond Floodwall, and ended by crossing the Manchester Bridge back into downtown Richmond. I took these while on a run on a very nice Sunday in February — there were clear skies and temps in the 50s!
These are some pictures from a trip to The Landing at Fountain Lake, a part of Byrd Park. They were taken in about February 2015, when much of the cold of the winter had passed. Just a few weeks before, I had visited Fountain Lake and the water was almost completely frozen over. Quite a […]
The snow that fell in Richmond during the 2014-2015 winter season was the first snow I ever saw in my life. Having grown up in Miami and lived in Florida my whole life up until I moved here, I was never exposed to it before — and it did live up to what I pictured […]
This is a collection of pictures from around the Virginia Capitol Square, where the Virginia Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion are found. The Virginia Capitol houses the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate, while the Virginia governor lives in the Governor’s Mansion (surprise). History factoid: the Virginia Capitol was designed by Thomas Jefferson […]
These are pictures from a trip to Petersburg National Battlefield Park, which I visited in September 2014. The battle that took place here was decisive in the Civil War, as the Confederacy’s loss at Petersburg led to the later evacuation of Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. I came in at the eastern front visitor […]
elcome to Snapshots of RVA! This is a new pictures-driven blog I’ve begun following my move to Richmond, Virginia in May of 2014. I moved to Virginia after growing up and going to school in Florida — first in Miami, then in Gainesville, where I went to the University of Florida. During my first few weeks […]
These are pictures from a trip along the James River Park System. I made this trip on the first day of fall of 2014 — and as you can see in the pictures, it was a great day to be outside. The trip began at the James River Park System’s Reedy Creek entrance, extended to Belle […]
This trip began at Gambles Hill Park — where I was able to find a parking spot on a Sunday afternoon when parking was at a premium — and ended at the Manchester Bridge, near the intersection of 9th Street and East Byrd Street, and included parts of Canal Walk.
