Saturday was spent visiting 3 towns in Virginia, forming a little triangle: Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg. We didn't have to do much driving at all (nice change of pace) and as it turned out, it was a beautiful blue-sky day for the most part...lucky again. Here is a monument at Jamestown dedicated on the 400th anniverary of the settlement. There's a flag for every state and a fountain at the other end. (closeup photo coming)
Historic Jamestown (a national park) was soooo interesting...lots of things to learn. These "pikemen" were giving a weapons demonstration.
A swordsmen...what are those blue things hanging on his "bandelo"? Nice pants.
Fish filets drying.
Indian food demonstration.
Actually these foods, seeds, nuts, roots, oysters, shrooms, etc., looked pretty yummy.
Crafts.
Little minnows, mighty tasty, I'm sure. Beautiful basket.
Framed.
A Jamestown citizen talking about his sword and skins. This area reminded me of going to Plymouth with the Hillsboro Barkers when in Massachusetts for the Boston Marathon.
Capt. John Smith, the main man. Due to his leadership, charisma and ability to make friends with the natives, Jamestown survived.
They have an archeological dig going on at the settlement and they have located foundations and are able to lay out the design of the original "fort"/town.
Only this tower part of the church remains from colonial times.
Something interesting in the church.
The Godspeed, authentic replica of one of the 3 ships to come to settle the new world in Virgina was sailing around in the harbor.
He's about to propose.
Check out that bustle.
Pocohantas.
The rebuilt church.
Monument erected for the 3ooth anniversary.
Cool fence. Dad having fun ala Autumn.
Closeup of the fountain.
Next we went to the Jamestown Settlement...a privately operated Jamestown area. It was upscale, but not as much fun as the actual town. These indian hogans were clever.
Skins, etc., in the hogan.
This guy was very interesting as he told us all about bows, arrows, different types of arrowheads and how they were made and used.
Tomahawk, bow and arrows he had made himself.
Drying and stretching a hide.
Replica of the Susan Constant, one of the 3 ships. We got on board and toured the decks.
Another ship.
This photo is for Airie. Macrame had been around for a long time.
Cute little trooper.
Driving back to Williamsburg. There were lots of stone overpasses and everything was lush green.
These next photos are just examples of architecture in colonial Williamsburg. What a charming town. There are 88 original buildings and many others have been restored. We didn't have enough time here to see everything, but we got the flavor.
Chimneys.
Dormers.
This photo is for Autumn...The Peanut Shop.
The armory.
The original courthouse.
Cute guide.
The stockade.
We went to the vistors center in Yorktown and watched an interesting video about the battle.
They have 2 of George Washington's tents and one of the other generals's desk on display.
The battleground...British flag in front, colonists' flag on the other side, in the background.
Yorktown Battle monument.
Lots of history here.
Then on we drove to North Carolina, the Outer Banks (also known as OBX), a 200-mile long string of really narrow barrier islands, running at least 1/2 the length of state. Way cool. There was one beach town after the next and lots of farmer's markets and interesting sand dunes etc. This is a photo at Nag's Head, named for the horses that were led back and forth along the shore with lanterns that deceived merchant ships into running aground, which could then be plundered. We had a great dinner...see photo tomorrow.
Saturday was spent visiting 3 towns in Virginia, forming a little triangle: Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg. We didn't have to do much driving at all (nice change of pace) and as it turned out, it was a beautiful blue-sky day for the most part...lucky again. Here is a monument at Jamestown dedicated on the 400th anniverary of the settlement. There's a flag for every state and a fountain at the other end. (closeup photo coming)
Historic Jamestown (a national park) was soooo interesting...lots of things to learn. These "pikemen" were giving a weapons demonstration.
A swordsmen...what are those blue things hanging on his "bandelo"? Nice pants.
Fish filets drying.
Indian food demonstration.
Actually these foods, seeds, nuts, roots, oysters, shrooms, etc., looked pretty yummy.
Crafts.
Little minnows, mighty tasty, I'm sure. Beautiful basket.
Framed.
A Jamestown citizen talking about his sword and skins. This area reminded me of going to Plymouth with the Hillsboro Barkers when in Massachusetts for the Boston Marathon.
Capt. John Smith, the main man. Due to his leadership, charisma and ability to make friends with the natives, Jamestown survived.
They have an archeological dig going on at the settlement and they have located foundations and are able to lay out the design of the original "fort"/town. 
Only this tower part of the church remains from colonial times.
Something interesting in the church.
The Godspeed, authentic replica of one of the 3 ships to come to settle the new world in Virgina was sailing around in the harbor.
He's about to propose.
Check out that bustle.
Pocohantas.
The rebuilt church.
Monument erected for the 3ooth anniversary.
Cool fence. Dad having fun ala Autumn. 
Closeup of the fountain.
Next we went to the Jamestown Settlement...a privately operated Jamestown area. It was upscale, but not as much fun as the actual town. These indian hogans were clever.
Skins, etc., in the hogan.
This guy was very interesting as he told us all about bows, arrows, different types of arrowheads and how they were made and used.
Tomahawk, bow and arrows he had made himself.
Drying and stretching a hide.
Replica of the Susan Constant, one of the 3 ships. We got on board and toured the decks.
Another ship.
This photo is for Airie. Macrame had been around for a long time. 
Cute little trooper.
Driving back to Williamsburg. There were lots of stone overpasses and everything was lush green.
These next photos are just examples of architecture in colonial Williamsburg. What a charming town. There are 88 original buildings and many others have been restored. We didn't have enough time here to see everything, but we got the flavor.
Chimneys.
Dormers.
This photo is for Autumn...The Peanut Shop.
The armory.
The original courthouse.
Cute guide.
The stockade.
We went to the vistors center in Yorktown and watched an interesting video about the battle.
They have 2 of George Washington's tents and one of the other generals's desk on display.
The battleground...British flag in front, colonists' flag on the other side, in the background.
Yorktown Battle monument.
Lots of history here.
Then on we drove to North Carolina, the Outer Banks (also known as OBX), a 200-mile long string of really narrow barrier islands, running at least 1/2 the length of state. Way cool. There was one beach town after the next and lots of farmer's markets and interesting sand dunes etc. This is a photo at Nag's Head, named for the horses that were led back and forth along the shore with lanterns that deceived merchant ships into running aground, which could then be plundered. We had a great dinner...see photo tomorrow.
3 comments:
Super neat! All those guys looked thrilled about the pants. And how does one sit down in a bustle anyway?
Yeah, Plymouth flashbacks for sure. Those blue things are mini torpedoes to sink the Susanna Unconstant. Old buildings are cool.
Who wouldn't be thrilled about those pants! The whole outfit is pretty stylin ;) Jamestown seems like a really neat place. Looks like that NP Pass came in handy eh? -Very cool architecture and I love the old ships.
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