History Lessons in VirginiaMar 25, 2011
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| Al & I are fine…having the best time this week. We left the Outer Banks Wednesday and are in a Thousand Trails Campground above Gloucester on the Piannkatank River. Yesterday, we went over to Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. We walked for miles...relearning our history, seeing period dress & how working trades actually made their goods during those years. It is amazing to see some of the dates on buildings, 1603, etc. We went into a church in Williamsburg that's had continuous Sunday services since the 1700’s. In Jamestown, we watched the glass blowers work. The kilns were actually started for Britian to receive glass from the settlers. We went on to overlook the battlefield in Yorktown (1781 British surrender)…everything looks so small…even the battlefield. Or maybe I was small when we were taught history…which seemed so big at the time??? There is so much history just in these three areas...you could spend a month and still not take it all in. This morning, we woke up to snow and very cold - 30* at 10am. Being typical Californians, we left our awning out overnight. During breakfast, we heard a 'crack' and realized our awning was sinking under the weight of the snow. You would have laughed watching us work to save the hardware! |
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