Moving on to Jamestown!

September 16 – Our last day with Jean and Paul! 

Bill was not feeling well at all this morning and hadn’t slept well either, so he begged off.  Jean and Paul and I ended up visiting in their RV for at least 45 minutes so we got a late start for Jamestown.

There are 2 Jamestown places, one is a National Park and one is Jamestowne Settlement, a

Most of the outer triangle wall is down.  

re-creation with a big museum and replicas of the 3 ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery.  That one I think is owned by the state and the National Park one is the actual location and remains of the settlement.  We assumed (which you should not do) that our National Park passes would get us in at their park but due to Covid and the gift shop being closed, etc. they charged a $10 fee.  We walked the original “fort” grounds, saw the monuments, the old church tower and the addition to it, the graveyard and watched the ferry boats continual passing as they crossed the James River. 

There was a nice little café near the grounds so

Pocahontas Statue 

we had lunch there.  It was a little pricy but very good!  Jean and Paul loved their cookies and got 2 for the road! 

First church tower

As we left the fort area we stopped at the glass blowing location.  They had never seen glass blowing and they have one guy explaining the process and one guy doing the work, then they trade off.  They were making blue glass fancy small vases but since Covid and they had been closed so long, they didn’t need anymore inventory so they just re-melt the item and start over.  We checked out the nice items for sale in the small shop beside the ovens and I bought my 2020 National Park stickers but that was it.  I realized after we walked back to the car that I didn’t have my little tote bag so I walked back I knew I had set it down while I got my wallet out of my purse

Inside the church

and it was right where I left it!  Phew!

On the way back to the campground I spotted a HUGE Habitat Restore so we stopped.  I didn’t want to buy much as we have so little space left for purchases in the RV but I did find a new skein of 

Ferries crossing

Christmas yarn and Jean found some things for one of the houses she is renovating.  It was 3 times the size of our store in Winter Garden.

They will be heading out pretty early compared to us.  Jean has another trip coming up and needs to get back and get her rental done.

Jean had brought a casserole she made and invited us over to dinner.  I took a tossed salad and we enjoyed our dinner and Bill was feeling much better.  We stayed well over an hour and just chatting like we always do.