Last Friday we headed south to meet family in Williamsburg. It was a very rainy day and all the way down it poured.
and poured...
and poured.
The traffic was heavy on the freeway and we decided to take one of the much less traveled roads that we haven't driven on in ten years. Usually we take another back road but our GPS gave us this route. It took us by the paper mill in West Point (Virginia). A shipyard was built here in 1917 and the paper mill a year later. If anyone is interested in histories of these towns, you can read up on this one here.
The nearer we got to Williamsburg, we had a place for lunch planned and had skipped breakfast as we intended to stop fairly early for our first meal. We haven't been in over a year. It is called Pierce's Pitt BBQ and it is always a busy place.
Gregg took this photo of the restaurant as we were leaving. It is nothing fancy but its reputation has always been a very good one, and their food is consistently tasty. We have eaten here many times over the years, not frequently as it is too far from home, but whenever we have had to drive by we more often than not stop on our journey south. It is a welcome stop, especially so when you come inside after traveling in heavy rain on a cold day.
Here I had a little photo fun turning this into an artsy piece from a photo Gregg took of me mid-bite! She looks like someone who has been staying away from bread and fried food for the last three months, true! Gregg wanted to send a photo to son to let him know where we were - he is a big fan of Pierce's too. Son asked via text if I had ordered the sweet potato fries, his favorite. I had forgotten all about them but the regular fries were delicious and hot, just the way I like them. We each had a pork barbecue sandwich and shared the fries. Their portions are always more than enough for two people, and we didn't have to bother with another big meal that day.
It was still raining when we left but we weren't that far from our hotel, and we were soon in our room. It was a bit disappointing that we had to postpone our walk around Williamsburg, as the rain became even heavier, and we decided to have a quiet afternoon. We went downstairs for happy hour later on and had a cocktail. We spent our time in conversation with the person who made our drinks, and we shared a plate of mozzarella sticks. After another while we went back upstairs and had an early night. Thankfully the weather promised to be much better the next day, when we were going to meet up with family.
I will continue our trip to Williamsburg in my next post.
