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As we head for Virginia, the impressive Water tower at Andrews Air Force Base, MD
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Another state to add to our map
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The visitor center, Gloucester Courthouse, VA
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The River Inn at Gloucester Point - we had a fine meal with Bob and Sandy Richardson
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Retirement looks really good on Bob and Sandy
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Sandy, Bob, Al, and Judy's leftovers
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The swan's too pretty to unwrap and eat later! But she sacrificed . . .
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At the Jamestown Settlement, Girl Scouts try their hands at tanning a hide
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A circle of these carved statues figured in Indian ceremonies
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Several reproductions of Indian dwellings were open for visitors
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Our guide explains the big three veggies were corn, beans and squash
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Demonstrating breadmaking, the colonial way
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Trying on Colonial armor was a big hit with the visiting kids
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Building walls were made of clay or mud over this kind of structure
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A mini-soldier, ready for the fray
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A colonial lady was there to answer questions
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Gotta see those ships
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Fire was used to assist in making dugout boats
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You could go on any of three boat replicas - fascinating
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Amazing that ships this small could cross the Atlantic
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The garden was just outside the fort
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A reproduction of the Jamestown colonists' church
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Church was required once daily, 3x on Sunday - or no food!
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Girl Scouts try out the pulpit
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The oven demonstration was fascinating - no bread today, though
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A memorial tower is all that remains from the 1957 Jamestown Festival
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Flags from every state fly in front of the Jamestown Settlement
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Oregon's flag (it has a beaver on the back side, did you know?)
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At Historic Jamestowne, the glass blowing demonstration was marvelous
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He is making a vase on order for one of the tourists
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Can't buy breakable stuff for the RV - rats!
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Another artist adds the glass blob that forms the handle
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A beautiful handle, just like that
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This obelisk, erected in 1907, celebrates the 300th anniversary of the settling of Jamestowne
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Pocahontas - bet she didn't look like this, though
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British coat of arms inside the church - no separation of church and state back then
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The tower remains from the fourth church built in 1647 at Jamestowne
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The Jamestowne church was last rebuilt around 1890 - only the tower is original
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This building houses the REAL stuff - foundations and artifacts from the original settlement
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Can you think of a luckier number?
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Dean Shostak plays the glass armonica, invented by Ben Franklin
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At the Crystal Concert, a projection of the player's hands lets us see the action
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One of only two existing glass violins - it sounded wonderful
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Dean Shostak plays the world's only glass handbells
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Glass handbells sound glorious, and are almost invisible
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These cones amplify the sound from the French-built Cristal Baschet, made mostly from glass rods
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Another view of the Cristal Baschet - play the tuned glass rods with moistened fingers
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At Williamsburg - a leather worker makes a book cover
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In the Old Williamsburg leather shop
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Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg
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Wonderful brass lecturn in Bruton Parish Church
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Cemetery gate and wall at Bruton Parish
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Horse and carriage rides are popular
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A treat for the horses
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From time to time, George Washington rides through town!
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Straw hats for sale - very popular with little girls and big girls alike
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Chowning's is a popular place to eat. Good food, fun entertainment
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Kids can rent or buy Colonial costumes at the visitor center
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Carriage takes Martha Washington to speak at the Capitol Building
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Martha Washington receives a commendation in a capitol building ceremony
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Big crowds attended all the historical reenactments
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An injured veteran has not received any of his pension money!
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Martha gives the veteran money, and leaves to general cheering - "Hip Hip Huzzah!"
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Colonial women visit and give tourists information
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In front of the jeweller's shop
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Near the RV park, our first encounter with Kudzu, which swallows whole fields with vines
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A great musket demonstration at the Yorktown Victory Center
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The flash in the pan as the powder ignites
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Followed by a savory Ka-boom!
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This, ladies and gentlemen, is a cannon ball
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We need lots of tourists to help load the cannon
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The flash!
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Ka-boom.......darn.......missed!
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A farm is part of the Victory Center facility at Yorktown
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The toll bridge across the York River - Southbound is free, pay $2 to get back
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The Alliance gives river cruises daily from Yorktown - looks like fun
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Raising the sails
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Very impressive
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We had a great dinner here on the Yorktown waterfront
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View of the bridge and the Yorktown Riverfront development from the parking garage
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Lots of mowing to do at the RV park
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Back in Williamsburg, Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que is locally famous - quick, cheap and yummy
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Pretty flower - HUGE bumblebee
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Costumed colonists ready to give us tourists some guidance
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The Governor's Palace in Williamsburg
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Our guide to the reconstructed palace was adorable
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See what you get when you let a guy do the decorating!!
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Judy'd go for a bedroom like this!
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The wall covering is embossed, gilded leather
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A warming stove, imported from Holland - an early space heater
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Never saw a pipe organ like this
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Formal garden behind the Governor's Palace
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Carriage builder and the side frames of a new carriage
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These guys are real artisans, not just there for show
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You'll find the weaver over here
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We didn't take a carriage ride, but we took lots of pictures
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That's some bird house!
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In the weaver's shop - all hand spun, dyed and woven right here
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Sandy demonstrating a walking spinning wheel
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Max, the Master Weaver was very impressive
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He is weaving stockinette fabric for sale in the shops
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Colonial ladies keep busy between tourist questions
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Generals Washington and Lafayette prepare for a reenactment
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Outside the boot shop
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A colonist observes the reenactment
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The fife and drum corps contributes to the ceremony
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Tourists are pressed into service for the militia
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The General makes an imposing figure with his white horse
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Washington visits Williamsburg every Wednesday and Friday, just before the battle of Yorktown
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Resting before the next reenactment
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This cutie entertained us on the shuttle bus
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Spare motorcycle pieces in the Riverfront Restaurant, Yorktown
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Ships at the Cheatham annex of the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station
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Inside the DeWitt Wallace museum - beautiful building
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Inside the Williamsburg Museums, folk art - ultra whimsey!
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This wooden watermelon advertised a farmer's produce for many years
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A very early piano forte - thought to be the first one in the United States
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The museum has a huge collection of silver items
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One of the gems of the collection - a silver chandelier
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Marvelous examples of colonial furniture
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And Colonial instruments
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This - believe it or not - is a record player
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Highways cross the Colonial Parkway atop beautiful brick arches
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In Gloucester, the Black Powder and Paint festival helps celebrate Virginia's 400th birthday
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Local people demonstrate colonial arts and crafts all weekend
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This lovely lady weaves scarves and sashes
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An Irish tinsmith
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Making tools from flint
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In only two hours - an almost perfect arrow head
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An art display in the Gloucester visitor center
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A craftsman demonstrates etching on brass
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Tooling leather
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Making fire
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Back in Williamsburg - yoked oxen
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The gates to Bruton Parish Church are closed - a wedding takes place today
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They wouldn't be laughing if this was for real
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Guess these aren't for those with small feet
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Evening clouds - beautiful
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Chowning's opens at five o'clock for supper
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Is this a coffee pot or an ale pot?
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Dinner at Chowning's, family style
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Buggy rides are the prime source of authentic manure on the streets
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The Williamsburg Arsenal at sunset
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Inside Bruton Parish Church for a choral concert - a great view from the balcony
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The pipe organ has almost 6,000 pipes - the chandelier lowers to change the candles
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Lots of decorated beehives in Gloucester - part of the Virginia 400th birthday celebration, we think
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We loved the license plate - and especially the "actual size" sticker
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In Williamsburg, a bronze Thomas Jefferson sits in front of the theater
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A tourist immortalized Judy and Al in glorious digital color
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And the camera still works. The museum in Gloucester is in a pre-revolution building
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Gloucester claims a wonderfully preserved pre-revolution town square
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Just so you don't offend anybody . . . .
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Cool - artwork that looks like windows.
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At the intersection of Rts. 606 and 605, the remains of a Texaco station
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Finally, Zion Poplars Baptist Church, one of the oldest African-American churches in Gloucester, dating to 1886.