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Richmond, Virginia- July 2015

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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 entrĂ©e 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