No tour of the Eastern US would be complete without a visit to Colonial Williamsburg. We docked at Portsmouth, Va. and rented a car to travel the 45 miles to this living history museum. It is the seedbed of American History. The entire town is a stage where you will hear and see people in their attire of the 1700s conversing with each other on the issues of the day. Reenactments also take place on the piviotal decisions of early American leaders to begin the separation from England and, of course, the revolutionary war. I would estimate the investment in restoring and maintaining this magnificent place to be in the hundreds of millions.
The Portsmouth/Norfolk area is the home of the U. S. Navy. The big ships are, of course, everywhere. So far we've managed to stay out of their way.
Our boating journey continues in a couple of days as we travel up the Chesapeake Bay. Plans are to anchor out on the western shores of the bay before we arrive in Annapolis, home of the U. S. Naval Academy.
We found a small A/G church in Norfolk area yesterday. I have another interview scheduled for tomorrow.
2 comments:
Pictures are breathtaking. I can't wait to see that part of the country. We are enjoying your trip vicariously!
Love,
Sis
We missed at you at Williamsburg by a week. We kept driving over the Intercoastal on the way from Savannah, through Charleston up to Hattaras and north, always looking for a Grand Banks.
The O'Haras
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