We left Maryland for our second to last stop on our journey, Virginia. We found a very nice campground about 20 minutes north of Richmond that was a somewhat central location in Virginia to allow us to venture out in the jeep to see other parts of the state. We stayed there for a week and as it turns out we really only spent one day sightseeing. I think it was a combination of wearing ourselves out the last couple months along with the knowledge that we’d likely be back at some point.

Anyway, we spent most of the week relaxing and Jim played a couple rounds of golf. On Tuesday, the 23^rd, the day before leaving for North Carolina, we drove out to Williamsburg and Jamestown, two very historic towns. Jamestown is considered, by some, to be the first permanent English settlement in America. But that really isn’t true as it was established in 1607 and St. Augustine, Fl was founded in 1565. Either way, it’s old. Jamestown was the capital of Virginia from 1616 to 1699. They moved the capital to Williamsburg from 1699 to 1780 then on to Richmond in 1780.

We went to Williamsburg first and had lunch at a historic tavern. From there we went to Colonial Williamsburg, the actual location of the original governer’s mansion and now a “living museum”. It is set up as the original settlement would have been and has original homes and businesses still standing. There are actors playing the roles of colonial people as they would have centuries ago. It was okay, nothing really special.

After Williamsburg we went to Jamestown and quickly realized we should have gone here first. The original fort was there to tour but we got there too late. I think we would have enjoyed touring that much more than Williamsburg but we’ll be back.