Lunch with Kenny's work colleagues from Liberty Tax at Mahi Mah right on Virginia Beach . I had a wonderful crab bisque.....yummy!
Brian, Kenny, Mike, Hava, Jonetta and Mom
Virginia Beach is located in the South Hampton Roads area of Virginia on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Virginia Beach is the most populous city in Virginia.
Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront.
A Virginia Beach attraction is King Neptune, a colossal 34-foot-high bronze statue that rises from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean at 31st Street & Atlantic Avenue, overlooking Neptune Park.
The city is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world. It is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world.
Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists, who eventually settled in Jamestown, on April 26, 1607.
A real treat was a tour of the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse....all the way to the top!
Kenny and Stacy preparing for the climb up into the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
The lighthouse has long been important for the large amount of ocean-going shipping traffic for the harbors, its rivers, and shipping headed to ports on the Chesapeake Bay. 
It was the first lighthouse authorized by the U.S. government, dating from 1792.
It was also the first federal construction project under the Constitution, for an original contract amount of $15,200 (an additional $2,500 was required to finish the lighthouse).
Brian, Kenny and I climbed to the very top and the views of the "new" Cape Henry Lighthouse were amazing.
In the 1870s, concerns about the condition and safety of the Old Lighthouse at Cape Henry led to the construction of the New Cape Henry Lighthouse in 1881, which stands 350 feet to the southeast of the original. The lighthouse was fully automated in 1983 and remains in use today.
The lighthouses are located to the north of Virginia Beach within the boundaries of Fort Story, an Army base.
Brian with the "new" Cape Henry Lighthouse in the background
Our Friday night wrapped up with a Halloween costume party across the street at one of Mom's new friends.
I dressed up as a classy witch and we put a long blond wig on Brian's head and called him Gregg Allman. Too funny!
Stacy
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