Sunday we headed back to Colonial Williamsburg. We got a slightly earlier start and it was a few degrees cooler than Friday’s visit there, so we spent several hours there.
The front of the Capitol. The first capitol of Virginia was in Williamsburg. We had a very knowledgeable, interesting tour guide and learned so much about how the government ran, how the courts worked, and how many conventions it took (5) for Virginia to join the movement to separate from England. They had trials with juries, but when it was time for the jurors to make a judgement, they were locked in a room and got no food or water until they reached a unanimous decision. I can’t imagine that happening today!This building was just outside the wall around the Capitol. We decided it was the outhouse, because there were three doors on the other side and three small doors at ground level on this backside. Do you think our theory is correct?This was the entrance to the gaol (jail). Note the metal staples holding the floor stones together. We saw this on many of the stone floors.I thought it was interesting that prices for food and drink were set by the government.
We had planned to leave Hampton Monday, but the marine forecast was not good, so we stayed one more day. I did laundry and Rich cleaned the outside of the boat – so exciting!
Today we headed to Deltaville VA, about 50 miles north. Most of the trip was open water on the Chesapeake Bay, so it was a quick trip. We arrived about noon, got the courtesy car about 2, and went to the hardware store to buy a replacement flag pole for the one that came loose and fell into Albemarle Sound, West Marine to buy a grill cover (the old one fell off), and finally to a fantastic seafood market to buy crab cakes for dinner (they were SO delicious), seafood salad for tomorrow’s lunch, and Rivah dip for snacks. The lady at the marina office said we had to buy the dip – she knew what she was talking about. It’s cream cheese mixed with crab, shrimp, lemon juice, and hot pepper spicing – no idea why it’s called Rivah dip, but it is incredibly good.
As we headed out of Hampton we saw this Navy vessel headed north. It turned more easterly as we headed north, so we don’t know where it was headed or what specific kind of ship it is. The flag flying to the left of the ship is on Fort Wool. The original fort was built in 1818 and rebuilt in 1902. It was decommissioned in 1953.Tonight’s sunset
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To a submariner, the specific type of Navy ship you saw is called a “target” 😄
To a submariner, the specific type of Navy ship you saw is called a “target” 😄