Monday

Our morning started on the banks of the James River - just outside of Jamestown, at "Archer's Hope" where the Jamestown settlers first landed. Although the men who landed there recommended it as a place to settle, it wasn't conducive for the larger vessels, so they choose Jamestown, instead. As we stood/sat there along the beach with several hundreds of others, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Potter, Dr. Jehle, Col. Eidsmoe and Dr. Foster welcomed us to the quadricentennial celebration.

During Mr. Phillips introductory comments, he began describing to us that day and the events of the first landing. While we listened, three boats came around a bend in the river and we saw for ourselves what that historic moment may well have looked like and heard the words that were spoken. How inspiring it is to hear of men who brought with them such a vision for Christ's kingdom and dominion.

Jeremy, Sara, and family, on the banks of the James River.

Ah, yes. Nothing like a nap...

We brought our morning to a close "tailgating" lunch on site at Archer's Hope.

Our afternoon saw us in old Colonial Williamsburg for a mini-tour. In two hours we were only able to touch on a couple of people and places of significance in the town, but what we heard was very good - and our guides were kind enough to seek out shady areas for us to sit as we listened to them! :-)

Yes, we are in Virginia in mid-June. The heat has not been too bad - though the sun is very hot and many have some fairly rosy skin... and there is definitely a humidity factor. But today at least we had a pleasant breeze and overall it wasn't too bad. Thank the Lord!!

As during the morning presentations, some got more out of it than others... :-)

Much of our time was spent sitting on the "green" in front of the Goveror's Palace. We hope to explore the house and gardens more on Wednesday when we have a full day to spend in Williamsburg.

A few familiar faces.

One of our tour guides - Mr. Dan Ford - showed us numerous original documents significant to early America. And Grant Strand was the Resounding Voice representative to record this particular tour.

After Williamsburg, we ended our afternoon on the Yorktown battlefield. We briefly visited the visitor's center, and then visited the field itself upon which the decisive blow was struck by Washington against Cornwallis.


Others took many more pictures than I was able to catch today, so tomorrow - perhaps on our drive out to Patrick Henry's home at Scotchtown - I'll see if I can get some of those really good ones over on this computer and post them later!