Staying here in Hampton, VA a few days while foul weather passes and Drew makes and installs an LED bulb for the tachometer. We also provisioned for the next leg to Cape May and Cape Cod. We saw two movies at the Air and Space Museum Imax, one on Henry Blake, a Brit who traveled the Amazon 11 years as a naturalist in the 1860's and discovered 8,000 new insect species. The days of the explorers. And another movie, "Hurricane" on the huge screen that dropped us in the heart of experiencing a full blown hurricane. Very well done.
Here we are on the top of the wall at Fort Monroe in Hampton, VA.
Our another outing we drove to Fort Monroe (2 miles away), a Union Fort built by Robert E. Lee at the beginning of his career. His first days with his wife, George Washington's granddaughter, Martha Custis were spent here.
It has a full moat. Extremely well built and will be here a long time. The Chesapeake Bay lies beyond the moat on the east side.
This is a completely walled in fort with three gates and a large parade ground with many buildings. It is now private and restoration of the buildings is taking place . As they complete restoration they sell or rent the houses and apartments.
There is a chapel with Tiffany glass windows.
The 100+ year old live oak trees are huge with spreading branches.
1 comment:
A great blog post once again. Thank you for the fun stories and beautiful photos. Looks like your trip north is going well.
Hayden...still in Stuart :-)
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