We're headed north to visit with friends and family. Our first destination was Lumberton, NC, after an 8+ hour drive. Weather was fine, but hot, and traffic heading out of FL was heavy. There were lots of trucks, and we passed several backups of standstill traffic on the southbound route.
Wednesday's drive took us to Fredericksburg, VA via Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Henrico, VA about an hour apart.
Lewis Ginter was beautiful, with lovely and well cared-for gardens. There was a nice butterfly house that had a large selection of butterflies. The only downside was that the day was hot, and the butterfly enclosure was not air conditioned. I was melting! The flower gardens were gorgeous and more naturally arranged and not what I would call formal. We decided to take a walk into a wooded area, and then heard a rumbling. Our phones issued a weather alert: severe storms with high winds were on the way. We continued on until the wind really started to pick up. Then we decided to turn back. Thankfully we had brought umbrellas, because we needed them when it started to pour. We made our way back to the visitor center which by then had lost power. We figured we'd just wait out the storm. After about 15 minutes, once the worst of the storm seemed to have passed, we headed out again. It was still raining, but not hard. After a few minutes, we were called back by staff. They were concerned about lingering lightning reports in the area, and decided to close the garden early.
So we left and headed to our hotel for the night.
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