Farmhouse Magic Blog decided that Visiting Culpeper, VA was on the agenda this weekend. Sunday was a nice time to take a car ride and see what Culpeper is all about.
Downtown Culpeper
According to my online research, Culpeper is an incorporated town in the county of Culpeper, Virginia. It has a population of approximately 20,000. It’s a bit of Southern charm, a dash of Civil War history, and about an hour drive away from Washington, DC.
It is a relaxing trip and the town has a lot of restaurants, boutique-type stores, and friendly people.
Our first stop was the Visitor Center where we met Norma Jean. She is a very helpful and friendly lady, telling us about the town and also giving us a free Culpeper Historic District Map. The Visitor Center is, also, near the Amtrak Depot.
Museum of Culpeper History
Our next stop is the nearby Museum of Culpeper History where Katherine sold us tickets to view it. Of note, senior citizens and veterans, get a discounted ticket.
While in the museum we first noted the stone slab containing the dinosaur tracks. These were taken from the LuckStone Quarry found in Culpeper. Apparent, the large tracks in their Triassic Gallery are from an Anchisauripus Parallellus.
We noted a cute child’s center with things to do. There was also a dress up nook. I love it when museum directors think about children and how they love to touch things and also play dress up.
The dress up nook contains an assortment of clothing and hats for children to try on.
More of Visiting Culpeper
Directly across from the museum is the large LOVE sculpture. Apparently, it is part of Virginia is for Lovers, Virginia.org.love and you are to share it online with Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram accounts. Sorry, FMB is still working on on those things, so I’ll share it on my blog. It all about adding more LOVE to your Virginia vacations.
Ending Notes on Visiting Culpeper
We strolled up and down the sidewalks of the town taking it all in. We even noted that traffic stops on both sides of the street when people are trying to cross. Note, that doesn’t happen every where like that.
Visiting Culpeper is an enjoyable trip and loved my short visit.
Noticed the Entering and Leaving the Silly Side Walk Zone. Humm. . . not much opportunity for silliness.
A special thank you to Norma Jean of the Culpeper’s Visitor Center and Katheryn of the Museum of Culpeper History for allowing us to take a photograph.
Resource Sites: Culpepermuseum.com, www.culpeperva.gov and Virginia.org.love