Williamsburg was the capitol of the Colony of Virginia and today is a living history museum and contains many restored or recreated buildings from the 18th century. Its core is the Duke of Gloucester Street and the palace green in front of the Governor’s Palace. We enjoyed strolling the historical streets taking in the sights and sounds of the Colonial times starting with a warm ginger cookie from the Raleigh Tavern Bakery, listening to the clip-clop of the horses and carriages, and taking in lunch at the King’s Arms Tavern.
After Williamsburg the K2R2 took its last 15 minute ride across the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry to our campground at Chippokes State Park. The park sits on the site of one of America’s continuous oldest working farms complete with a farm museum housing many old farm implements. We had crossed on the ferry for a total of 5 times to see all the sites of this very interesting historical triangle of American history!
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Wow! Very nice place and a lot to see. Interesting on the Governor’s Palace as I am sitting here at the table looking at a placemat that I guess M and D bought up there years ago and it is the picture of the Governor’s Palace.
I have some vague memories of visiting Williamsburg. We saw the restored buildings and houses and various trades of the times being demonstrated. I recall seeing the stocks where people were punished by having their head and hands locked and tomatoes thrown at them. There was a neighborhood not too far from where we lived in Memphis called Rolling Oaks that had houses modeled after some of the colonial houses in Williamsburg. One of them even had stocks in the front yard. We took Sunday afternoon drives in that area to see the houses.