Beth and I were in Virginia, with plans to visit her family and also to explore the state, with plans to spend some time in the Williamsburg-Hampton region. We had flown into Baltimore a couple days earlier, then worked our way south and spent a night in Fredericksburg. A planned highpoint excursion in nearby Stafford County fell through as I could not get arrangements made with the Marine Corps, who run the area we were looking at. Can't blame them, of course. As a back up I identified two easy highpoints, here in Caroline County and another in nearby King William County.

We followed Interstate-95 south toward Richmond, and exited at the Ladysmith exit, heading west to the small town of Chilesburg along local country roads. In Chilesburg we found even more local roads, working our way to Goose Hill Road. The highpoint is a moderate-sized region (maybe 10 acres) at or above 350 feet, with Goose Hill Road extending into a part of this region. We drove to the road's apex, and that put us inside the contour. The fields were mature corn, and the woods surrounding the fields were thick in their summer glory. We made some wan attempts to barge into the brush to check out any higher areas, but decided to call this one good after some walking around.

As we drove back into Chilesburg, we discovered our rental car - a Chevy Cobalt - was leaking water into the passenger footwell. I guessed it was condensation from the a/c, but I really don't know for sure. We stopped at the general store to get some tape to stanch the leak, with no luck. It didn't affect our driving, but Beth wasn't too happy about it. Next up: King William County.