We honeymooned in Williamsburg ten years ago and have talked since then of going back for our 10th anniversary. About two years ago, we began actively planning and saving for our trip. The whole vacation was paid for with cash in hand-- no coming home to a credit card bill! I will share more about how we were able to do this vacation debt-free in a later post.
I will note that this was the first time since our honeymoon that we have been away for a week by ourselves. Our longer trips over the years have been with or to visit family.
Ok, now for the details of Day 1:
We left for Williamsburg on Sunday, September 28. Our first stop was at Cracker Barrel a couple minutes from home. We ate at Cracker Barrel for breakfast the first morning of our honeymoon. In the spirit of recreating a memory, we both ordered Uncle Herschel platters just like we did 10 years ago. The only difference was that I couldn't completely finish my meal this time!
Our next stop was the Virginia Welcome Center on I-85.
We took our daily selfie here.
The little lady at the information desk was adorable and helpful. "Have you ever taken the ferry to Williamsburg?" She asked. "Why no, we haven't," we replied. She then gave us directions to get to the ferry, explaining that it would take us across the James River and dock at Jamestown, giving us just a short trip into Williamsburg. Going this way was the same in mileage as the route we had planned and much more direct, so we went that way.
So we drove a nice drive through the VA countryside and arrived at the ferry. The ferry ride is free and runs 7 days a week.
If you enlarge the last two photos, you should be able to see the replicas of the ships that originally came to Jamestown.
I will share closer shots of the ships in another post since we toured them another day.
The ferry ride was fun and gave a unique perspective to arriving in Jamestown.
After we docked at Jamestown, we made the short drive into Williamsburg, checked into our hotel, and then found a quick dinner before getting some rest.
We needed to be rested to start our first day of sight seeing the next morning!
To be continued...
1 comment:
Looking forward to hearing about your trip! My mom is from Virginia so when I was a child we did lots of touring while we were visiting. I still remember our trip to Williamsburg. It was a fun trip!
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