Pictures and stuff

I took a whole bunch of pictures of my trip. Check them out here!
I hardly took any pictures before I got my hands on a digital camera a few years ago. Now, I try to take it with me wherever I go so that I can capture moments. Basically, huge swaths of my life are now only moments of time captured in my unreliable memory, and once that is gone, so are the memories. Bummer. Thus, I take pictures so I have something physical as a remembrance.
My old college roommate, Greg, and I drove down to Richmond after the first weekend in DC so that we could spend some time with Michelle, a friend of his who had recently relocated from Orlando. With her, we explored the Shockoe Bottom area of Richmond, headed west to the Luray Caverns, and then east to Colonial Williamsburg.
What we missed in whitewater, we made up for with a tour of American history. To dumb down and shorten a really, really long story, Virginia had an important part to play in America's revolutionary and civil wars. How's that for the blindingly obvious statement of the day?
One thing I'm curious about: In Colonial Williamsburg, they hire people to play "people of the day." They wear period dress and speak as we imagine people from Olde Tyme Williamsburg would speak; that is, in a not-quite British accent. My question: how long do they have to stay in character? Is it determined by how close they are to paying customers or something. I was about 5 feet from two such actresses, and they kept up the act, even though I was the only one within hearing distance. Was that all for my benefit, then?
If you are curious, the first picture is of the wishing pool in Luray Caverns. I threw a quarter in there, so let's see if my wish comes true.