2 - president jefferson

Today wJo and I went to a speech by the president of the United States—Thomas Jefferson. Anything is possible in Virginia, as long as you are at Colonial Williamsburg.

The day began and ended with a walk in the woods. The first was on my their property. We took the Luna. Her husband has cleared trails thru the woods to the swamp. He has also cleared an area for future guests to pitch a tent, including lawn chairs and a fire pit.

When we returned, we packed lunch and headed to Colonial Williamsburg. Our first stop was the Best Western to sign into the Volkssport walk. But instead of walking from the hotel to CW, we drove and parked the car in one of the lots. You can walk the colonial area free, but if you want to go inside anywhere you need a ticket. Since Jo works at CW, so she had a pass for me. It said “Employee Guest” on it. She acted as my personal docent. She knows a lot about all the buildings and the people from working there. 

We did a portion of the Volkssport official walk on the William and Mary campus and found a great bridge and dell. We stayed on campus for an organ recital on a period organ. It was informative. The organist was a professor.  I know know the origin of "tell-tale". We planned to see the president at 2, but the organ recital ended early, so we were able to see the president speak in the morning. When we arrived it was packed, but we managed to find seats. It was a great speech. Sometimes it was difficult to tell whether he was speaking about the revolution or the present. . The man is an orator. He even dealt with the train passing thru. Something that was not around in his day. I’m told that this the best of the  “old” Jeffersons. They also have a “young” version. (This hold true for many of the founding fathers.)

We walked a lot. We were up and down the main streets numerous times. After Jefferson we went to the print shop where he was printing on a Gutenberg-style press (top). After lunch we followed the Junior Fife Core down the middle of the street to the Governor’s palace. The final program was a storytelling event. You hear the back story of the interpreters.  Ours was a house slave —Eve. OMG it was sad. 

Then it was off to the museum and the insane asylum. Yes, the entrances are thru the same door.

On the way home I saw  sign for the Wahrani Trail, so we stopped. Jo's husband had been there with the dog on a number of occasions. It is a natural trail and had a solar powered outhouse with a composting toilet! Yes, I did check. We didn’t walk far on the trail, just enough to know it’s natural. Not quite as natural as the ones at her house, but close. And it’s well marked.  Maybe next time.

 My old school game.

The modern game. Blue is elephants, yellow camels and green water buffalos.

After dinner we played a rousing game — actually two — of Parcheesi. It had plastic animals that didn’t stand well instead of the pawns. But the colors were the same. Since I always take yellow I had “camels”.Her husband won both. Jo took the elephants and her husband the tigers. It went quickly because there was only three animals in play. The second round her husband took the the water buffalos as well. It was ruthless. We weren't really sure it would end. We set a quit time. It did end with Jo's husband winning.

Miles/Steps: Not quite 8 with the three events
Weather:      gorgeous