9:45 AM- to office to get a ride to Yorktown so we could catch a bus to Williamsburg..
10:20 AM -At Williamsburg...back into the 18th Century....Colonial Williamsburg is a 301 acre Historic Area containing more than 500 buildings and includes more than 35 exhibit sites and trade shops...on Wed...a lot of buildings are not open...so we walked the streets and went into a few places that we could get into....you need more than a day to do all that you can do here...our last bus back to Yorktown was at 3:30, so our time was very limited....
We first went to the Govenor's Palace...now I was facinated with this one...on the walls as decorations were hundreds of rifles and swords...maybe even a thousand or more....the original rifles were darker and at the top so people would not touch them...it is furnished the same as when Lord Dunmore lived there and the tour guide was a great young lady....and we were all in the day and invited to the ball that night and as we went thru the palace and saw the diff. rooms...it was interesting how they lived,etc....and we were told as ladies not to discuss politics as it is a sore subject right now with the men....and she wanted to make sure we wore silk dresses to the ball even if old and not home spun material dresses....that was kinda neat playing the role and listening and learning...
Lord Dunmore, by the way was the last British govenor of the colony at the time of the Revolution...He had 7 children...6 came over from Scotland with his wife, I think Charlotte was her name...their 6th child -little girl--was named "Virginia"..
2 daughters slept in same bedroom and their teacher had a bed in there as well...they were taught from the time they got up until they went to bed...the boys got to go to the "school"...dang men anyhow!
After we left there, we walked down the street and peeked into some of the small buildings that we could see in....most had lots of people and couldn't get inside -had to wait....it was hot and Ken was ready for a cold drink so we walked to find a Pub...heck, most of them were closed..I think Wed. is not a good day to go to town.
We finally got to the King's Arms Tavern opened in 1766. we had to wait a good 20 - 30 min in line to get in there...I had "Macaroni" veg. stuffed ravioli with a dill sherry sauce topped with tomatoes, button mushrooms and brocolli....Ken had a lovely ham and cheese sandwich....
So here is where the trouble began with the credit car....It was denied...wanted to know if we had another one...nope....so they over-rode the deny and we got our lunch.
We then walked to the Capitol and had a tour...here in 1776, Virginia's patriots voted for independence and a new state constitution...Over the next 5 years, the gov't conducted the war and introduced legislation that created the state's republican government. nowhere near as nice as the palace....we went into 3 rooms and back out....and down to the jail...interesting....they had 6 cells and inside a little stair thingy where you did your business.....the jail was only used as a holdng spot for felons and they were only held for 3 months, then they had their trial and were either sentenced to death or branded on the palm of their hand as a felon and let go....death was by hanging and it was a slow hang as no trap doors,etc. just plain ole hanging and people could watch....Some trials were held in the Capitol...courtroom...
Now it is going on 3PM and we still have so much more to see and our time is up...
We caught the bus back to Yorktown Victory Center where Dan came and picked us up and took us back to the marina...
5:00 PM we walk over to the restaurant to eat supper and Ken gets a hamburger and I get fish and this is the second time the credit card wouldn't work...we had to come up with cash between the two of us to pay the bill....not fun...
We get back to the boat and discuss our fate....call Credit Union in the morning and see what the heck is going on....Called Credit card number and we are not over our limit so what the heck....we did fax a note to increase our limit and wonder if we are in limbo until that is done...ugh! sure hope we are not compromised again....if so, we will have to get Stacie's credit card..hahahha! or Philip's...hehe...which ever one has the least bal due...
We just played cards and I tried to upload- I need another better picture thing than Shutterfly....It just takes so long and doesn't work half the time...I tried Kodak and that didn't work for me either...is there something else out there!
well, we will see what tomorrow brings...nite all!
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