May 31 -June 7

When we arrived in Williamsburg on Monday afternoon we immediately called Art's sister Pat's in-laws, Bill and Suzie...just wanted to let them know we had arrived but they wanted to come over immediately and see us, our 5th wheel and visit!!  Art had met them but I never had....we went to there house for a great Colonial dinner of Brunswick Stew that they serve in all the taverns here ( I'm sure Suzie's was the best ) !  Followed by strawberrys over pound cake...yum!!


Bill and Suzie have lived in the area about 3 1/2 yrs and two of their children and their grandchildren all live close by so they know the area well and Bill is a history buff....so he wanted us to tour the area in the way the events happened.  So on Tuesday off we went to Jamestown which was the 1st permanent English settlement in 1607 followed up with dinner at their favorite Mexican restaurant which makes the very best guacamole at your table!!   Then on Wednesday Bill and Suzie had medical checkups so we took a tour of the Yorktown battlefields where the decisive war of the Revolution was won and the beginning of our Bill of Rights was begun!!   We met up with Bill/Suzie and took them to a restaurant that my brother had taken us to on Hilton Head called Bonefish....they have this great appetizer called Bang Bang shrimp and on Wed night they have a special price during happy hour....it is a spicy grilled shrimp that I would love to be able to make!!


Thursday and Friday we spent touring Williamsburg with Bill and Suzie....just the right mix of history and shopping. 
  
We realized we were close to Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello that on Saturday we drove there and toured...very lovely and interesting with all his mechanical inventions!!  When we got back to our campsite Bill and Suzie came to pick us up and take us to one more ice cream shop!!!  This was the fourth in their area that they thought would meet our standards and they all four did!!   Individual dairys with only a few family owned stores and very creamy, strong flavored ice creams...I don't think we coud have picked a favorite they were all so delicious!!


Sunday, after finishing up laundry and cleanup details we drove to a campground close to Mt Vernon and the next day we toured George's house....again a great historical moment but they had you wait in lines and go inside in groups of 20 and parade through...we felt like cattle!!  And by this time we felt we were in Art's words  "historied out!!"


Will post again later today or tomorrow to catch up this last week!!


Hope all is well with all.....e-mail and let us know what you have been up to!!


Art and Pat