{"id":9524,"date":"2011-10-27T17:24:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=9524"},"modified":"2021-10-05T07:34:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:34:32","slug":"my-little-poni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/my-little-poni\/","title":{"rendered":"My Little Poni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I completed my annual business trip to Williamsburg, Virginia earlier this week. I\u2019ve featured articles arising from these periodic visits in the past including A Colonial Capital<\/a>, The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry<\/a> and Revisiting the Swap<\/a>. I felt like I\u2019d mined that area rather extensively. I had no plans to report anything further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something made me smile as I returned home along along Interstate 95. It\u2019s something I\u2019ve passed many times before as I\u2019ve traveled between Richmond and Fredericksburg: one crosses two oddly-marked rivers in quick succession: the Po and the Ni. Two-lettered rivers are unusual enough and even more so within such close proximity, but that\u2019s not what\u2019s always amused me. My mind always seems to combine the two as I drive along; first Po then Ni, forming Poni (like Pony). I know, I\u2019m easily entertained. I can\u2019t be the only one who\u2019s ever noticed this before. Will anyone else confess?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Street View has good coverage of the Ni River sign along I-95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n