Our first stop was his old first year dorm, Dobie. Unfortunately, Dobie had been demolished and a new dorm was in the process of being built in its place. Sorry, Ray. I did find an exciting youtube video of the dorm being razed to the ground, though!
The pilgrimage wasn't a total bust, because I did see this cool tricycle with a big basket on the back.
And some chalk graffiti..
And an advertisement for some concerts coming to the area. We have tickets for the Muse show, and we're pretty excited.
Note excitement!
Next was the Mechanical Engineering building, where Ray spent much of his time as a studious undergraduate and graduate student. As you can see, there were some changes... so no luck getting inside.
But I hadn't known before that this cute courtyard was nearby.
If you're walking around UVA, you have to pay homage to the lawn area as well, the center of Thomas Jefferson's "academical village" vision.
For Thomas Jefferson, learning was an integral part of life. The "academical village" is based on the assumption that the life of the mind is a pursuit for all participants in the University, that learning is a lifelong and shared process, and that interaction between scholars and students enlivens the pursuit of knowledge.
But no one brought a shovel, so we couldn't dig for Ray's time capsule that was buried years ago somewhere near the statue of Homer.
As we walked away from the lawn, we had time for one more insult.
We caught a glimpse of part of UVA's restoration project - an initiative to restore the academical village to it's original Jeffersonian structure and repaint the pristine white columns and trim to a beige color.
Bon voyage, Ray! :-)
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