Beautiful Weather, Beautiful Day

Today we were off to a bit of a late start into

Colonial Williamsburg. We had hoped to be on our

way there by 9:30 am and instead didn't head out

until after lunch. Turned out to be just fine.

We got to see a lot, learn a lot and meet some

very interesting people along the way.

It was a beautiful sunny day 

with a high of 63 degrees.

Amazing.

We could not have ordered a 

better day.

Tomorrow is not supposed to be

as stunning.

Rain is in the forecast.

But that is ok as we have shopping

on the agenda for at least part of the day,.

Anyway, 

back to today's adventures.

We found this thriving garden.

I loved the glass domes they 

used in neat lines.

The gardener was very agreeable to chat

with us and as we talked other

visitors joined in the question and answers.

Then we moved on to the 

Parish Church.

It is a fully functioning church today.

Beautiful and chock full of history.

We sat in George Washington's Pew.

Guess George was tall.

The box that each pew sits in is pretty

high.  I asked why and was told that it

was partly to help hold in the heat.

It was cold for part of the year

and the members of the Church of England

were required to attend

at least one service per month

all year long making it necessary to come

even when heating such a large room was

a challenge or impossibility.

I loved the windows in this building.

The arch and the wavy glass just make me happy.

I'm skimming here because loading

photos on this internet connection 

is making me a bit batty.

It is so slow and sometimes it 

actually loads the photos and other times

it makes them randomly disappear. 

I have no idea why....

but I'll just have to come back and fill in the 

details later...

if you want me to.

 One really great thing about Colonial 

Williamsburg in February is that it is very quiet.

We were able to poke about and explore

as we have never done before.

I could take tons of photos without 

another person in them.

That has always been a frustration to me 

since most visitors are not in 

Period Clothing.

LOL

Chelsea posed for

photos several times.

It was fun...

reminding us of our visit to 

take Senior Photos

a while back.

What I was happy to see

this time was a new confidence, 

joy and healthy radiance.

Even though I love the photos 

we took the last time

these are even sweeter to me.

We got ourselves trapped in the area behind the Palace.

We were attempting to get back over to 

Merchant Square to do some shopping by going

a back way and got totally tangled up 

in the walkways and beauty

of the Palace,

It felt as if we were 

replaying Alice in Wonderland.

So lost...in a magical place.

I am not going to fight with those particular

photos anymore.

I'll do a single post on that when we get 

home....but I'll close this post 

with another highlight from today.

Riding the Jamestown Ferry.

We used to love to do this when the kids

were little but it had been a while.

I have never before been the driver

and so it was a bit intimidating...

but, oh so fun!!

On our trip across the James River

we were parked in.

We could tell we were moving 

but the view was simply of the cars around

us, unless we stretched our necks

to catch a small glimpse of the water.

So, on the way back I was Thrilled

to drive straight on up to the front of the boat.

Yee-haw!  

We were front and center.

The sun was setting and it was 

over the top awesome.

A delightful dinner at Ruby Tuesday

finished the formal part of our day.

I think I may be the last one standing tonight

as everyone else has headed to bed.

I'm soon to follow.

Thanks for all of your comments

from yesterday's post.

So nice to have you
"along"!

Hugs.