part two... virginia: newport news / jamestown | maryland: north east / elkton / elk neck state park / turkey point.
^ on our way to jamestown, we stumbled upon this beautiful beach on the james river. unfortunately we only got to spend a few hours in this area, so no lounging about in the sand (although i would have dragged us out at sunrise if i'd realized). so much to do, so little time!
^ lots of odd things sticking out of the water... duck blinds?
^ this area (below) was almost jamestown... i can see why some of them wanted to stop here!
^ the gate to jamestown, the first permanent permanent english settlement in america, established in 1607. it was abandoned in 1610 but later became the capital of the colony, from 1616 - 1699. john rolfe did live here and marry pocahontas... john smith lived here too and was governor briefly, but didn't stay in the 'new world' for more than a year. (thanks for ruining that piece of history, disney.) i was just reading about pocahontas and it sounds like she has some rather incredible descendants... interesting!
all of the buildings here are obviously replicas... the archaeological site was nearby, but everything we saw was part of a living history museum with a few original artifacts.
^ ka-blam.
^ arrrrr.
^ eee!
^ i think this was the governor's house... bigger than everyone else's!
^ fancy schmancy.
^ don't forget to hang your armor to dry when you get home from work...
^ two of the three ships they used to cross the drink... the susan constant, the discovery, and the godspeed.
^ dan's favorite pose :)
^ you had to be reeeeally short to live on one of these ships... i'm glad i didn't have to cross the sea in one. or try to fire a cannon.
^ susan constant, 1605.
^ replica of a powhatan village... 14 or 15,000 people of different tribes in the powhatan confederacy populated this area when the english arrived. unfortunately relations didn't stay happy for long, and england won. although neither side was unprovoked, there's a lot to not be proud of on the settlers' parts.
^ arrows, anyone?
^ i wouldn't wan to run into this guy when he was still wearing his fur suit. wolves = no bueno.
^ i wouldn't want to skin a skunk, either!! ack!
^ rather blimpish. i guess it could be convenient to have a house that you could disassemble and put up where you wanted it, though.
^ these fellows don't look too thrilled to be standing around in the sun.
^ moving along to maryland... quick trip to turkey point in elk neck state park. (who named these places?)
^ the lighthouse was built in 1833 and overlooks the chesapeake. it had a keeper until 1947... i wonder what it would have been like to keep a lighthouse. you'd have to wake up a lot at night and make sure it was still lit :) i bet it was beautiful at night, though.
^ the view from the edge of the cliff next to the lighthouse.
^ turkey point was decommissioned in 2000, so it's just for looks now.
^ the flag from 1833... only 24 stars!
^ fannie mae salter, the last keeper of the lighthouse... her husband was the keeper before her, and when he died she had to appeal to prez calvin coolidge to remain its keeper. legit.
^ the stairs to the top. if you slip on one, you're done for.
^ "this little light of mine..."
^ the bay is so pretty.
^ and some of these trees are so old!
two thumbs up (or four thumbs, from both of us) for virginia & maryland. we approve.
to be continued :)
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