In great need of a vacation, we decided to steal away to Virginia Beach for a short trip. We left on Thursday afternoon and ran into bad traffic. After many hours on the road, we arrived at Days Inn in Newport News. The next day we went to Virginia Beach and hit the beach. We found the pleasure of riding the trolley bus up and down Virginia Beach. In the afternoon, we rode to a shopping district for some Mongolian Barbecue. The next day, we drove to Jamestown and discovered their really nice gift shop. It was a greatly needed break! We came back on the Fourth of July just to watch the fireworks from our own neighborhood.