June 19-22, 2014 – Suffolk and Newport News, VA
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Thursday morning we drove to Suffolk, VA where we are staying at Davis Lakes RV Resort. This is a very nice resort around three small lakes and has very good electricity which we will need because it is hot and humid. We were told when we checked in that they are having an unusually hot spell right now. Our site is in the shade and has a large wooden deck which makes it easier to keep the dirt out of the 5 th wheel. We enjoy walking the dogs around the lakes each evening. Friday we went to the Suffolk Visitor Center and got information about the area. Suffolk is famous for peanuts - in 1913 an Italian immigrant, Amedeo Obici, moved his peanut processing plant named Planters Nut and Chocolate Company to Suffolk. The company is now part of Kraft Foods. We visited the Planters Peanut Center but was very disappointed as it was a run-down store with no information about the company and very little to sell. We were told they used to give tours of the processing plan