Can You Paint with all the Colors of the Wind?

Trip Stats Day 5
States Traveled Through: Virginia
No new Capitols
No new States

Today was another fantastic day! We woke up and had a delicious FREE breakfast at our hotel. After checking out we headed to Historic Williamsburg. Our first stop with the Jamestown Settlement. In case you don't know, this is where the story of Pocahontas happened. I personally like the happy Disney version better than the sad real life version. Let's just say that a lot of people did not survive.

I've been singing Pocahontas songs all day by the way... "In 1607, we sailed the open sea." "...should I marry Kokoum?" "You can paint with all the colors of the wind." I hope you all sang those tags from the songs; if not, go watch Pocahontas. :)

 This is the Indian village. It was really cool because you can go in and explore the huts and touch everything. There were games for kids to play and there were actors recreating what time was like back then.

 They even put corn in so you could make cornmeal!

 The huts were cool.

 There were 3 ships that the Virginia Company sailed on to America. They were the Susan Constance, The Discovery and the Godspeed. You are able to go on replicas of all 3 and there are people on board to tell you all about the ships. I like the reenactments because I don't like to read about a lot of stuff... Even though it is cool to learn new things.

 This is the English Settlement. Again, you can touch a lot of things and even try on the armor.

 Ready for WAR! 

After Jamestown we continued up the timeline of history to Colonial Williamsburg. This is the original Capitol of Virginia from 1776. I would highly recommend going to Colonial Williamsburg. Make sure to have a lot of water because it can get very steamy! If they try to tell you at the visitor center to get a multi-day pass you don't need to do that. We got there at 2 pm and we were done by 5 pm. If you want to see all the reenactments get there when it first opens. If you have kids you might need 2 days to do it but I just can't see spending more than a day looking at everything.

 Musicians! 

 Found me a husband! I think he may be a general! 

 Natalie and I ran into some trouble with the law... we missed church on Sunday... That was a criminal offense back in 1776!

 Celeste and I were having too much fun... so we got locked up!

 One of the coolest things was at 5:00 they did an army recruitment thing. They fired the muscats and the cannons!

 Another cool thing that they do is they have some real trials read in the courthouse. Back in 1776 they had 10 judges instead of 1.

 After Colonial Williamsburg we checking into our hotel (which is located on POCAHONTAS TRAIL!). We were then VERY hungry so we looked in the coupon booklet the hotel gave us and found something that looked interesting. The restaurant is called Food for Thought. Let me tell you... It was the BEST find so far on this trip!!! I would describe the food as "Home Cooking." The wait was so long that we decided to try to eat at the bar. We were so lucky because there were 3 seats in a row! We didn't have to wait the full hour to get seated. So lucky! We were given bread to start with - cornbread and an asiago cheese roll. GREAT bread. I got the meatloaf and pot roast combo with sweet potato fries and steamed broccoli. It was to die for! I could not pick which one I liked better. To make our evening even better we met a very nice couple and chatted with them for a long time. They gave us some great advice on what to do in Washington DC and Philly. The bartender, Andrella (sorry if I spelled it wrong!) was AMAZING! She was so positive and told us all about the owner of the restaurant. She said that he is an amazing family guy who treats his employees like family. That always makes a place better when there are good people running it and working there. If you are in Williamsburg you must go to Food for Thought. You will regret it if you don't stop by. Also, you can call ahead so you won't have as long of a wait.

We are getting ready to end our day here in Virginia. Only 22 days left in our journey! It is flying by. Check back tomorrow to see where we land.