Williamsburg to Florida

December 21, 2018 - January 7, 2018

Although we've had an amazing number of beautiful days this December, it was definitely getting colder in Virginia.  We decided it was time to get serious about moving south.

Williamsburg, VA to Yulee, FL.

Norfolk, VA

The Chrysler Museum - Perry Glass Studio

Glass gets it's color from specific elements on the periodic table.

Naturally occurring glass.

For those of you who find this as fascinating as I do.  You'll have to magnify these to read them.

Saw a terrific demonstration of glass blowing:  The two women worked together to make a Christmas wreath.

The bubble of glass is pressed together to make it like a flat bottle then they heat the center of the glass.

Pushing the hot centers from each side until they can make a hole through it.

Smoothing the hole.

Adding leaves and berries for decoration.

A few final touches and it's done.

The Chrysler Museum of Art

This cow is made from tini-tiny glass beads!

Kill Devil Hills, NC (On the Outer Banks)

Looking toward the dock from our campsite.

Small canal off the main area of water.

Looking back at our motorhome from the dock.

Fabulous old live oak tree.

Getting toward sunset on the beach at Kill Devil Hills.

Bayboro, NC - home of a college friend.  JoAnn and I did our Medical Technology internship together at Wayne County General Hospital in Wayne, Michigan.

JoAnn and her husband Lou created this beautiful spot from a very rough thicket of land.
Talk about sweat equity!
The house is raised to avoid flooding during hurricanes.

Their dock and sailboat.  They are situated on the Bay River.

Their neighbor's dock.

Their house from the dock with our motorhome parked in the background.

The hardworking couple and our host and hostess.

Lou let me do a little work using his John Deere tractor!  So much fun!
Would love to have one of my own!  

Some pictures from Washington DC to Williamsburg.

A little backtracking is in order in terms of pictures.  Just to fill in some blanks from the last post.

The Washington DC area.

Daughters of the American Revolution Library - exterior

Interior of the DAR library.

Frederick Douglas' home in the suburb of Anacostia.

View from Frederick Douglas' home looking across the Anacostia River toward the Washington Monument.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Monument.
FDR with his Scottie dog Fala.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Statue of Jefferson in the center of the memorial.

White house and Washington Memorial taken from the Jefferson Memorial.

Martin Luther King Memorial

Wise words from MLK.

World War II Memorial - panoramic view.

Each state and territory is represented around the outside of the memorial.

Manassas (Bull Run) Civil War Battlefield

Kind of amazing!

Great Falls of the Potomic River

My cousin Peter.  He lives in Vienna, VA with his wife Daryn.

Richmond, VA

The Capital Building - designed by Thomas Jefferson.
In order to expand the building without affecting the symmetry, the expansion was placed underground right
where all that snow is in front of the building.

A bird's eye view of the expansion in progress.
They did a fantastic job.

The dome of the capital.  It is actually inside the building rather than positioned on top as seen on many capital buildings.

Looking down at a statue of George Washington into the Hall of Presidents from Virginia.

 Williamsburg, Virginia Area

The American Revolution Museum in Yorktown - FABULOUS!

The Marquis de Lafayette
We might not have beaten the British if the French hadn't come to our aid.

I had no idea there were so many battles during the Revolution!

Jamestown - Settled in 1607 it was the first British settlement in North America.  MUST SEE!

General map of the Jamestown area.  It began at the James fort and spread north and south from there.

Scale model of James Fort.  The far left part of the fort is now underwater.

1901 excavation of the church which was destroyed and rebuilt several times.

A sampling of some of the millions of artifacts they have unearthed at Jamestown.
They are housed in a building called the Archearium in the historic Jamestown region.
The curators have done a fantastic job with the displays.

A model of the ship that brought the 107 men and boys to Jamestown in 1607.

Visiting Family in Williamsburg.

My cousin Jane, her husband Ed and her son Ben.