Jamestown

On the day we left my Sister-in-Law's house in Virginia and headed south to my Mother-in-Law's house in North Carolina we stopped in Jamestown for a couple of hours. We decided to skip the archaeological dig at the original site and went to the more child friendly Jamestown re-enactment site.
Jamestown is divided into 4 sections: the Indian village, the docks, outside the fort and the fort itself. This is the order we hit them.

Inside a Powhatan house.

Making tools out of bone.

The outside of a Powhatan house.

My Oldest received a lesson on making rope. This is the beginning of his endeavor to make rope.

This is the end result. He did an excellent job. He can now make rope for his Boy Scout Troop if they forget it on a campout.

One of the 3 reproduction ships that brought the settler's to Jamestown.

Below decks of the largest of the 3 ships. 50+ people would have shared this hold with all of their supplies.

The Galley.

This is it's original size...nothing is hidden.

A view of the smaller 2 ships and the James River beyond it.

Bon Voyage Boys!

How the Powhatan's made their canoes.

The finished project.

Growing tobacco outside the fort. This was the settler's #1 cash crop.

English Armor.

Inside the fort

Inside the fireplace in one of the houses.

Musket demonstrations.

The boys want their own canon.

The church.

I really enjoyed Jamestown, I wish we could have visited the archaeology dig site too. If we had a day or two in this area Yorktown was nearby, as was Colonial Williamsburg (on the wish list for a future visit). We headed south and traveled under the James River into the Chesapeake/Norfolk area. Another fun experience.