Cole explains how attacks went down.

Sunny, mostly warm February days make for great local adventures. We drove down past Richmond and stopped at the Pamplin Historical Park. We had a little less than two hours, and we lacked sufficient time to visit all the sights.

This Civil War location near Petersburg, Va., came into play April 2, 1865. Ulysses S. Grant led an attack on the Confederate fortifications. They had more people and won, labeling this The Breakthrough. A week after this, Grant and Robert E. Lee met at Appomattox Court House (which we also visited last year), making this battle key to the end of the Civil War.

I'll let the photos tell the rest of our adventure.

From the top of the fortifications, you can see how dangerous an attack out be.

Pokey poles. No one wants to run into those.

Earthworks still bump out of the ground from 1865.

We walked along a trail that circled around some earthworks.

Happy history trails.

You're looking at the Breakthrough.

Cole just reading all the signs — like usual.

Pretty trees.

A little stream runs right up into the fortification area.

Cute sheep on a planation.

Run cute little sheep!

He even liked the cute sheep.