Yorktown

Now, leaving the other side of Yorktown after a stupendous tour of Yorktown National Park and Battlefield, (concluding battle of the Revolutionary War). The York River Yacht Haven gave us a car for the afternoon since no one was on the list to use it.  Walking would have been better, but the bridge does not allow pedestrians and the marina had no loaner bikes.        

  The Park ranger was a great storyteller and acted out a reenactment of the battle that determined the Yankee win for independence over the British General Cornwallis in October, 1981 by General George Washington.  We are on our way to Hampton on the same York River where the British sunk their merchant fleet to block French Admiral Comte de Grasse from bringing 28 French warships close in to land troops.  It didn’t work, because the French created a siege for 9 days and bombed the heck out of Yorktown from their ships and from land.  Experienced French General Rochambeau on land with Washington was able to completely overwhelm the British. Huzzah!   

Our own walking tour through Yorktown allowed us to see beautiful colonial restored homes, read informational signs about the early colonial days and completely demolish the home-made blackberry cobbler at the River Walk Grill.

The night before at the York River Yacht restaurant we each had 2 drinks, hors d’oeuvres, their signature taco and sandwich.   

 Mazu begging.

Then took a 2 mile walk.

We had a 4 hour motor and 1 hour sail down the Chesapeake back to Hampton 

gray sky, gray green water

Fort Montroe

 nice sail as we were in the middle of a race.

to get see the Reggae Festival (videos didn't transfer) at the next door Mill Park and get ready for the trip north on Tuesday, fingers crossed the weather stays relatively good.  All predictions I take with a grain of salt and instead rely on my Transderm patch that has seen me through all these trips keeping me healthy and feeling fine, fingers crossed.

   But first, today, Sunday, we are renting a car and going to Colonial Williamsburg that used to be pretty nice but Dillon says is worth an hour not an afternoon.  The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and the DeWitt Wallace Furniture Museum and the Palace gardens are my go-to spots for the tour.