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Walking along the short of historic Yorktown, to catch our free shuttle bus to Williamsburg and Jamestown.
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Ron in front of the corridor of flags - one each for all 50 states. This is in front of the museum at the Jamestown Settlement. (One heck of a nice museum - Ron and I enjoyed it very much.)
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Inside a long house replica - at the re-created Indian village at the Jamestown Settlement.
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More long houses...
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Outdoor cooking...
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More HGTV interior shots...ooopps...I mean HGBTV (Home and Garden BEFORE TV)...notice the skunk skin...
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Not quite like having a feather bed, or one that rocks you to sleep on the water.
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Using oyster shells to 'carve and scrape' out the interior of the beginnings of a canoe.
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The first of three ships - replicas of those that landed at Jamestown. These ships represent full-size re-creations of the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. When you think about how many persons travelled on board; the conditions; and the length of time it took to travel from England...over four months...you can only be amazed.
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Sleeping quarters.
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"Bunk beds" on board...
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Ahoy, Captain!
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Looking up...
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"portable cannons"
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Not quite like our storage units...
Cannon wagon...
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Every living creature is hot and humid today...this chicken takes a drink of water; at the re-creation of the Jamestown Settlement's 'village'.
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Inside a home...
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Ready to arm, if needed.
Thatched roofs.
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The largest building was used to house supplies.
And dry tobacco
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Protection surrounds the village...
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More 'readiness'
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The village's church
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The Governor's house...it was the largest, of course.
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...and most "elaborate"
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They used floor rugs as table covers...for a couple of reasons: as a status symbol, and because they didn't want to put them on the floor because they would get dirty.
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Village walls.
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Heading back in to the Settlement's outstanding museum. (ah yes, air conditioning...)
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