A day in Jamestown

Williamsburg is certainly an enjoyable place to live with lots of activities going on. One Sunday afternoon we decided to go to Jamestown and they were having a re-enactment of the military through the ages, from modern times to medieval times. It was very impressing and Dylan certainly had fun checking everything out. The tent even seemed pretty similar to the Tenna's we make with the sheets.

Jamestown II (on Land)

After we finished with the ships our young man got a taste of life ashore on the young American continent.  Indian village structures called "yehakins" were a more semi-permanent dwelling than the nomadic tepees that dotted the western and plains states.  A small village typical of the Algonquain or Powhatan tribes is juxtaposed with the high walled fort of the English settlement.  It was one big (historical) playground for the little man.

Dylan thinks the Powhatan yehakin makes a cool tent.

He's not afraid of a little manual labor!

Gotta go...more to see...

Jamestown I (From the Sea)

It was at Jamestown on May 14 1607 that John Smith came ashore with the men and boys who established the first permanent English settlement in North America.  They had set sail in February on three ships: the Susan Constant, the Discovery and the Godspeed.  Using a southern route they past the Canary islands and the Caribbean before turning north and entering the Chesapeake Bay and James River. Unlike many who would follow they came not for freedom or liberty but for profit.

Dylan was very excited - a future man of the sea perhaps?

Master and Commander?

We took Dylan down to see the re-creations of the three ships that brought the first Virginians to the new world.  He loved it - it all seemed a bit too natural for the little man.  He's pretty good on a three hour drive from Maryland but probably not ready for the 3 month sail from England...yet.