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United States : Virginia

2.3 miles (3.6 km) NNW of Wakefield, Sussex, VA, USA
Approx. altitude: 23 m (75 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 37°S 103°E

Quality: good

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#2: Cotton field by the second house (looking West). #3: First house's garage, looking towards the confluence (North). #4: GPS receiver by the first house. #5: Marianne.

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  37°N 77°W (visit #1) (incomplete) 

#1: Confluence, looking South (by the first house).

(visited by Marianne Cardwell and Michael Cardwell)

30-Sep-2000 -- Mike and I had gotten married in July, but were only able to go on our honeymoon 3 months later. We were heading for Virginia Beach from Washington, DC, and this confluence was only one hour out of the way, so we (or should I say I?) decided to go! It was also a good excuse to use the GPS receiver I had just received for my birthday a couple of weeks earlier.

The drive over there was interesting. This was a part of the country I had never seen. We were really in the boondocks. Fields of cotton and peanuts surrounded us, as well as some beautiful brick houses.

We drove up a driveway to the house that seemed to be the closest to the confluence. Luckily, we caught the lady living there right before leaving for work, and were able to take a couple of pictures of our surroundings (while she was watching us, thinking we wanted to steal her land!). After taking a couple of pictures from that location (which is where I took the picture of the GPS receiver), we drove to another house which was about as far from the confluence as the other house, and took a couple of pictures there as well.

Coordinator's Note: This visit was reclassified 'incomplete' after a review following visit #2.


 All pictures
#1: Confluence, looking South (by the first house).
#2: Cotton field by the second house (looking West).
#3: First house's garage, looking towards the confluence (North).
#4: GPS receiver by the first house.
#5: Marianne.
#6: Michael.
ALL: All pictures on one page