This was the day we explored the Jamestown Settlement which is part museum and part living history re-creation.
The museum section was large….
But immediately pissed me off with the no photography allowed rule. (I took this one just because I’m ornery.)
We’d spent the last 2 weeks visiting museums filled with amazing artifacts and fine art, but this…. fake trees and cheesy dioramas…. was off limits? Go figure.
Okay….
Fast forward to the full immersion cinema we were learning were common in these parts.
Admittedly, when you’re there?
It’s pretty cool.
Especially when the smoke starts rolling along the floor.
Finished with the film, we headed outside.
Past whatever this was.
And into a Native American village.
It was basically the same thing we’d seen at Plymouth Plantation earlier this year.
Except there were no bare chested young Indian men to chat with.
Boo to that.
There were more huts.
And a couple of people making baskets.
And of course, because I find them everywhere…
Chickens.
Aggravated roosters…
And fluffy butted hens.
Next up was the harbor…
And the reconstructed vessels that brought the first settlers from England.
We toured the deck.
The husband chatted up a crew member.
We toured down below.
Where accommodations were small….
And pretty basic.
Unless you were the cook.
Who got his own room.
Of course it was also the kitchen, so there is that.
The husband chatted up another crew member.
And we enjoyed the views.
While marveling at how more than a hundred people could travel together for months on end in these small spaces.
And mind you, we were on the large ship.
The whole time were touring?
There was a soundtrack….
He was quite a character.
River's world..... 
I toured Jamestown when I was a child. I hope to get back at some point. You need to do an overall ranking of these places, for people that have less time to meander.
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Of Williamsburg…. or vacation sites in general?
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From Williamsburg on. I know, big job. Feel free to say no.
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No problem. In the Williamsburg area….
Colonial Williamsburg and it’s museums #1.
Pass on the Jamestown recreation.
Museum of the American Revolution #2.
Pass on the Yorktown battlefield.
Mariners Museum in Newport News #3.
Pass on Virginia Living Museum.
How’s that?
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Perfect! Thanks. Given that they’re all probably closed, I guess it’s good yo went when you did!
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Me and my stepdaughter that doesn’t like seafood next to the ship.
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Then I was walking in your footsteps?
Nice!
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Did you see the demonstration of the musket?
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They did the canon while we were there…..
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Jamestown was my favorite part of visiting Williamsburg… Well, THAT and the indoor water slides…
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I love the ship, yes it’s smaller than what we think ships are. Especially from movies, but how fascinating! The hubs looked like he was having a really good time.
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He was… we both were!
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“And we enjoyed the views.” PUHLEEZE!!! Good views are a 3 layered carrot cake ready to be eaten, prime rib on the bone with au jus, loaded baked potato, Caesar salad, etc., etc.
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This one track mind thing really needs to end….
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Except there were no bare chested young Indian men to chat with.
Boo to that. <—-Don't be boo'n me. I can't help they came to my house for the party……
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Agreed.
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The ships are pretty nifty. I don’t dig boats, but those… 🙂
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