So far I have four tick bites and Shirley has three. Annie's meds protect her but we are leery. Spiders, rattle snakes, water moccasins abound. There was a Civil War battle here but we declined to follow it, however, there are still dirt embankments visible from that war.
We were delighted to unhitch and have Joan and Al arrive for a visit. We first met them in '07 on our first caravan. They had just gotten married. Al said he had moved up in class, he was a lawyer and Joan was a judge. We have seen them many times since then and they were on our first two Civil War caravans, but due to health reasons were not able to attend this caravan. They live near here in Norfolk and we are happy to learn they are doing just fine after surgery.
Friday, we drove to Hampton Harbor for a cruise so far I have no pictures. We also visited Ft. Wool which was designed by Robt. E. Lee before the Civil war. Next we visited the Hampton History Museum and St. John's Church. I went home after the cruise to take care of Annie, as it was a long day and hot.
Saturday we left for a tour of the Mariners' Museum. On this we did not know what to expect but it was excellent! We spent most of our time in a section labeled "The Monitor." This was mostly information on the Monitor and it's battle against the "Virginia" which we were taught in school was the Merrimack. You could spend a week in here but our time was limited.
Next we visited the Berkeley Plantation which was built during the growth of Virginia before the Revolution. All the important men of our long history up to and including the Civil War visited here. If it could only talk.
Next we visited the Shirley Plantation which has a similar history to the Berkeley Plantation. An interesting note was the family awoke one morning to find wounded Union solders on their lawn. The Union was the enemy but they rendered aid and Gen. McClellan wrote a letter of thanks and stated the home and its inhabitants were to be left alone. We saw that document with his signature on it.
Here Annie saw her first goats and chickens.
Next we visit Ft. Monroe on Monday and on Tuesday disband. I will write more later.
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| Hand carved ships ornament from the Civil War. |
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| Our guide at Berkeley Plantation. |
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| Shirley at Shirley Plantation. |
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| A canon destroyed during the battle of the Monitor and Virginia. |
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| The goat was as curious about Annie as she was about the goat. |
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| Shirley was the savior for the goats as Annie wanted to herd them. |
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