But there was so much to see and I’m not even covering an eighth of it.
Oh, stop.
A little knowledge won’t hurt you, although these might.
While I’m not a general fan of firearms…
Even I had to admit they were beautiful in the 18th century.
The silver work was lovely.
And the under sides of the butt caps really did have grimacing faces… but the lighting, the glass cases, and the reflections prevented any of my pictures from being post worthy.
Everywhere you looked you were surrounded by history.
Which is basically my nerdy idea of heaven.
When I die? I want to find out who killed JFK, how the pyramids were built and the location of ancient Troy.
And trust me, I have a lot of shoes.
Impressive, right?
There was even a tree of knowledge. If only I could spread some of it’s seeds in our nation’s capitol today…..
Naturally we had to check out the surround sound movie.
Complete with battle scene sequence smoke rolling by on the floor.
And in my experience?
There are very few museums who actively instruct you to touch their balls.
Yup.
Seriously big balls.
This now concludes the indoor museum section of our trip to Yorktown, Virginia.
Well, wait….
Maybe just one more thing.
Because who doesn’t love 244 year old rat skulls?
Somebody mention AC/DC and their Big Balls?
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Sounds like you’ve been…
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THUNDERSTRUCK!
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Big balls are everywhere…
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Those pistoles couldn’t hit the side of a barn… which is why the casualty rate of the civil war was so high: Rifling had been discovered but the tactics were still those of weaponry with little accuracy…
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Maybe if you throw them?
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Some people just welded a knife blade to theirs…
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Which made buttering their toast a little awkward.
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But they’re pretty, and isn’t that more important in the long run…
😉
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Aesthetics did win the Crimean War…
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Color coordinated armament is key.
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You didn’t say if you touched them or not.
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The instructions said touch…
So I touched.
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… I somehow thought the Tree of Knowledge would be a bit more … impressive …
Another major disappointment …
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Too many branches… not enough knowledge.
Story of my life.
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I had big balls like that, but they had 3 holes in them and were called bowling balls. If you thought I meant something else, you should keep your mind out of the gutter, like I (usually) did with my balls when I went bowling. In fact, I knocked down so many pins that the other guys on the bowling team said that’s great, but it would be even better if I knocked them down in my own lane.
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I hate picky bowlers. Pins are pins… no matter the lane.
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Very interesting indeed! Sorry for my late response, I was in a “Try Not To Kill People You Work With” seminar all day. Who isn’t impressed with big balls? 😜🤣😂😝
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Learning not to kill people is more important than my blog…. balls and all.
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No food pictures again!! Well, since I will be 21 in 55 minutes I guess I’ll throw a big party in the afternoon with TONS of food pictures!! And not a rat skull in sight!
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You’re too young to be up that late… go to bed!
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Maybe you could cut a shoot off that tree and plant it in DC. Or, maybe let loose some of the old rats.
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I think there are enough rats there already!
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That’s pretty neat! I like the tree. Is good art.
I also have a lot of shoes and 10x more books at least.
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