Richmond, Virginia- July 2015
Richmond Floodgates/Zombie keeper outers I didn’t plan on exploring Richmond. The plan was to fly in, meet up with my co-presenters and haul ass to Old Dominion University to run a camp for kids. I landed in Richmond around 9am to a text letting me know that my ride wasn’t going to be there till 4pm. Shitting myself to death courtesy of the lime chicken entrée at the airport Applebee’s didn’t sound promising so I decided to hop in a cab and try my luck. I had 7 hours to milk Richmond for all it was worth. My first mistake was not paying attention to where the cab was taking me. I gave him what I thought were directions to a spot downtown. I then buried my head in my phone and began furiously Googling places to see. Here’s what I knew about Richmond: Civil War. The bulk of my childhood family vacations was spent wandering deserted battlefields or exploring weed choked cemeteries looking for the graves of obscure Union commanders with my Dad. I knew Richmond was the capit...