Colonial Williamsburg, VA Part I 6/2/2011

While in Virginia, we decided to check out one attraction, Colonial Williamsburg. Jamestown and Yorktown  are close by our neighborhood, but we didn't have time to check them out. I keep telling Joe, we can't see everything, or we will never get to Maine.

We stopped at the visitor center to get some information. You can buy one or two day passes, to get in many of the historic buildings and homes. They also bus you to Colonial Williamsburg, and you don't have to pay for parking. The passes were around $35 and $45, per adult. Our office at our campground, told Joe where parking was near the historic town, and you could just walk around the town. We decided to just pay for parking and to see what we could for a few hours, since the temperature was near 100 degrees again. I saw this magnolia flower after we parked. I never get to see the magnolia trees bloom in Gulf Shores, AL., because we are gone before they bloom.

This is where the guns and armory are kept, called the Magazine and Guardhouse. This is one of the buildings you can go in with a pass.

For a price you can go for a ride in the horse and buggy.

Joe and I decided this was a oven made from clay. A fire must be places below it.

Joe told me this was a protective fence.

I think this was a tavern . They had many taverns and hotels at one end of the street.

Joe and I noticed this house had a permanent ladder on the roof. There were many people dressed in the period, walking around to give you the flavor of the time period.

Street lamp

I believe this was a home of someone very wealthy, or it was a tavern. This was another building you could go in with a pass.

This tavern , restaurant or hotel was joined by chimneys.

Joe was checking out the prices of the restaurant in this building.

The Capitol of Virginia for 75 years.

Next to the Capitol was the Secretary's Office. It was built to be fireproof after a fire in the first Capitol in 1747 destroyed public records.

Joe notice these steps.

He always notices things I don't. See the metal straps holding the cement blocks together.

The guy sitting at a table to the right was making silhouettes

I wish I had one of these, so I could put Joe in it when he make me mad!

Carpenters business

Most of the homes were private residences and  were not open to the public. We noted a lot of moss on the roofs, of some of the homes. There were many  shops or homes that had shops in them. When you went in you could buy that historic periods items. I bought some chocolate sticks, with many spices, and doesn't have any dairy in it. You can not buy this historic recipes in any stores. You break off a piece of the stick and suck on it. It is very good! i also bought the hot chocolate, but have not tried it yet. You can order it on the web at http://americanheritagechocolate.com/   It was wonderful to go into all the shop, because you could learn a lot by talking to the merchants about that historic period of time. They would talk to you as if you were in that 1778. It was also wonderful to cool off from the dreadfully hot day.

This is a silhouette that was given to me by the historic gentlemen. From my research he was an American officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine.