Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Civil War Saddles and Sidesaddles

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It would probably take an encyclopedia to talk about and show pictures of the different kinds of saddles that have evolved over the eons.  B...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Plank Roads

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It seems that every Civil War anything that Granpa and I have gone to over the past five years makes reference to a "plank road." ...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

Ooo! I Almost Forgot - Averasboro Battlefield

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The Saturday before leaving Granpa wanted to go to the Averasboro, North Carolina battlefield.  This was part of the Shiloh Campaign and hap...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The Film Crew - A Surreal Experience

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It's our last day at the Bed & Breakfast.  A film crew has taken over the house, and I'm not quite sure what will be taking plac...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Handel's "Messiah"

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Ever heard of Handel's "Messiah"?  George Frideric Handel's Messiah  was originally an Easter offering.  It was first...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

On To The British Governor's House

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It's grown to be quite a hot afternoon.  I wish we could take a carriage to the Governor's House (arrive in style as it were), bu...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The Magazine (But I Would Have Called It the Armory!)

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Now, I was not set to be impressed by this place.  With a name like "The Magazine" I imagined (fake) barrels full of gunpowder ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The Tavern and The Blacksmith

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Colonial Williamsburg (at least this incarnation of it) consisted mostly of a single lane as depicted in this bronze map in front of the Vi...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Declaring Independence!

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From 1609 to 1676, the English colonists in Virginia were very proud to be 100% Englishmen.  1676 is when Bacon's Rebellion took place b...
Monday, August 25, 2014

Colonial Williamsburg

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After checking out the Visitor's Center and catching the bus into the Colonial Williamsburg township, the first structure that we come t...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

The Reason For and Creation of Williamsburg

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Somehow, when we think of the earliest settlers from Europe coming to America, this is probably a likely image that comes to mind (well...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Williamsburg, Virginia

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So, it's off on our last road trip from the B&B.   We love it when a ferry is a part of the public highway systems and we ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Leaving North Carolina and the B&B Next Week

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Yup.  It's time to move on - and Granpa already has had his resume submitted to a location in Oklahoma! We many not even be able to go h...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Film Crews Coming to the B&B! Cool!

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As if working with guests wasn't fun enough, it seems we get to work with a film crew that wants to use the B&B as a backdrop.  They...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Glacial Memories

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Our oldest grandson, Jacob, just called to see if I could tell him the exact date we took them tent camping on a glacier in Canada.  Seems h...