Historic Jamestown
November 3, 2007
We woke to a windy fall day. Hot coffee was good. We drove off heading south doing a drive through of Kiptopeke State Park. The Virginia National Wildlife area provided us some entertainment: a flock of several thousand tree swallows flying around, diving, swooping, and a tornado of LBBs settling into the brush. Rocky and Jan Larken were the volunteers on duty and we chatted for some time sharing stories of travel and volunteering.
Back in the early 50s ferries operated across Chesapeake Bay; in the early 60s the Cheapeake Bay Bridge –Tunnel opened to traffic and the ferries were discontinued. The project was selected as one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World in 1965 In 1999 the second bridge-tunnel was open to traffic. For just $12 you get to go over and under Chesapeake Bay and for $5 more you can do a round trip.
We stopped at Williamsburg and made some lunch, walked around the visitor center and decided to save it for a day that started earlier at a rate of $36 per person. Instead we drove down to Colonial National Historical Park Jamestown where we saved $10 per person with Will’s geezer pass. Jamestown celebrated 400 years this year! Queen Elizabeth was present and donated a wooden chair with a carved the ship Goodspeed. In the Old Towne section we visited the site of the 1607 James Fort, the 17th century church tower and memorial church. The Tercentenary Monument stands at the center. We then took the 8 mile auto drive around the island and ended at a pull over just at the end of the park. We had a few drive by cars, but no one came knocking.
You will notice we have no pictures posted. That is because we have only our 35 mm camera; our digital seems to have lost its function for focus...
We woke to a windy fall day. Hot coffee was good. We drove off heading south doing a drive through of Kiptopeke State Park. The Virginia National Wildlife area provided us some entertainment: a flock of several thousand tree swallows flying around, diving, swooping, and a tornado of LBBs settling into the brush. Rocky and Jan Larken were the volunteers on duty and we chatted for some time sharing stories of travel and volunteering.
Back in the early 50s ferries operated across Chesapeake Bay; in the early 60s the Cheapeake Bay Bridge –Tunnel opened to traffic and the ferries were discontinued. The project was selected as one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World in 1965 In 1999 the second bridge-tunnel was open to traffic. For just $12 you get to go over and under Chesapeake Bay and for $5 more you can do a round trip.
We stopped at Williamsburg and made some lunch, walked around the visitor center and decided to save it for a day that started earlier at a rate of $36 per person. Instead we drove down to Colonial National Historical Park Jamestown where we saved $10 per person with Will’s geezer pass. Jamestown celebrated 400 years this year! Queen Elizabeth was present and donated a wooden chair with a carved the ship Goodspeed. In the Old Towne section we visited the site of the 1607 James Fort, the 17th century church tower and memorial church. The Tercentenary Monument stands at the center. We then took the 8 mile auto drive around the island and ended at a pull over just at the end of the park. We had a few drive by cars, but no one came knocking.
You will notice we have no pictures posted. That is because we have only our 35 mm camera; our digital seems to have lost its function for focus...
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