Exactly.....I would like to take my kids as well.

 

I have to say I was pleasantly pleased in how the movies, the guides and literature dealt with the war and slavery. No one really seemed to judge but simply tell the story.

Yesterday we were in Yorktown (famous for Washington spanking Cornwallis, effectively ending the Revolutionary war and sending the Redcoats home)

The victory monument


Oldest Customs House in the US (collected taxes on imported goods)




Thomas Nelson house (signer of the Declaration of Independence


Heading to Colonial Williamsburg today.

 

Colonial Williamsburg
More history, more old buildings, lots of actors/actresses in period costumes. The neat part is many were just walking the street and you could engage them in conversation about the revolution. Some were loyalists, some were rebels.

Bruton Parish Church, in use since 1715


The jail that held Edward Teach's men, a.k.a Blackbeard


The governor must have been JJ's ancestor, guns and knives everywhere


Gun and cannon salute to end the day

 

I use to live in Williamsburg. Did you happen to go by Carters Grove Plantation?

 

Carter's Grove is closed, bankruptcy. Going to Berkeley tomorrow.

 

Wow that is surprising. They had a lot of visitors when I lived there.

 

Anyone going to do the drag strip tomorrow?

 

Wish I was but gotta work. I talked to Steve Monday and he didn't mention it.

 

No one ever goes it seems. Plan is to meet cockygt500 down there tomorrow. Maybe my go pro will work for some videos.

 

Burnout contest at Mustang Week. Lightning sporting a Pro-Dyno decal and a Carolina Super Stangs flag.