Greetings from the 18th Century!

Wednesday morning we set out on our trip to Williamsburg, VA. It was going great. We started early, grabbed a quick breakfast at McDonald's and were on our way by 7am. We stopped in Delaware for lunch at a great place called, "Cheeseburger in Paradise". I had the most delicious Calypso salad. We switched driving duties and hopped back in the car. By the time we hit DC, we were in the thick of traffic. 2 1/2 hours of gridlock. So what does one do when one is stuck in stop-n-go traffic in the middle of our nation's capital? Why, you hang out the window and take pictures of what you are passing of course!


Pretty good look at the Washington Monument.

Jefferson Memorial, Jason missed Jefferson by a second - he is in there, I saw him!

And the Pentagon.

Finally, we hit Williamsburg! (By the time we passed this sign, I had calmed down from my "I think everything is funny cause I've been in the car for 12 hours" mood.)
Here is our hotel - and its write-up: Our location is excellent, an easy walk of two blocks from the restored area and directly across from the historic College of William and Mary. In addition, you will find that other area attractions including Busch Gardens, Water Country USA, Jamestown, and Yorktown are only minutes away!

The area is so beautiful!! The William and Mary campus is amazing. I just couldn't get over how pretty the architecture is. Everything is brick. All so well manicured, and all the landscaping was impeccable - kinda made me want to spend more time on our own lawn!

The first night we got settled in our room, then headed downstairs to the hotel restaurant, 415 Grill for drinks and appetizers. And of course, we sampled the local dessert - bread pudding with ice cream. So yummy.

Thursday morning we headed out to Colonial Williamsburg. As we walked into the park, they have these inlaid stones slowly taking you back in time to the 18th century. Here was the one from 1940 that I found amusing:

We walked all over. We checked out the Governor's Palace (and its surrounding gardens), the Courthouse of 1770, the Capitol, Public Hospital, Peyton Randolph and George Wythe's homes... We walked all through the streets, to the printer, the post office, the holding jail, apothecary, etc. We took tours, watched the locals prepare food and interact with each other and we avoided a whole lotta horse poop in the roads! I loved the shops and found the people to be very knowledgable and friendly. Jason asked any question that came to mind. It was great weather for lots and lots of walking. Not one spec of haze or humidity. Just beautiful.

Governor's Palace, I believe this is the only pic of the two of us together for the whole trip!

These brick fences were all over the city - I just love them.






Governor's Palace from the back gardens.

Me hanging out in a very pretty section. They even had a maze of shrubs. My kids would have loved to play in that backyard!

This is a set table in the Governor's Palace. Yep, that is an animal head in the middle.

I got a closer pic in case you missed the head.








Jason was in love with all the maps. He studied every one we came in contact with. I could actually hear the information being slurped into his brain.

That night we went to a BBQ place called, "Red BBQ and Blue". We took turns picking restaurants for dinner. It was wonderful, and I am not even a huge BBQ fan. They had Blues music playing and we dined on pulled chicken, cole slaw, ribs, fresh homemade sweet biscuits and cold beer. We went to see Star Trek that night too, after sampling some delicious ice cream at Maggie Moo's. Great day!!