Day 251 - Cornwallis — Captain Father John

Miles cruised 0, fuel purchased $0, slip fee $24, daily high temperature 77° f

The rain held off for most of the Memorial Day parade but it rained torrents all afternoon. CL has never been cleaner. Time slips away as I write the blog, enter a change of address for our condo in Florida to be forwarded to our PO Box in Lake Villa and check Facebook. I reserved an Enterprise rental car for our site-seeing trips to Williamsburg and Yorktown.

I walked to the Enterprise rental car office on Tuesday morning to pick our car. It was a 30 minute walk. We drove to the Williamsburg tourist information building and decided to visit Yorktown today and then get an earlier start on Wednesday and visit Williamsburg. If time allows we might visit Jamestown on Thursday.

The Fife and Drums.

Yorktown is the site of the decisive battle of the Revolutionary War when General George Washington with the help of the French army and navy trapped the British General Cornwallis and forced him to surrender with 6,000 troops.

We spent some time at the Yorktown Victory Center that provides reenactments of civilian and military life during the late 1700’s.

Many colonial era homes are on display.

The officer’s tent.

Wall Street Journal article on the great Loop. The Great Loop got front page treatment. I hope it encourages others to follow their dream.

https://apple.news/AXBBCi1bHR0mjK-g25cjpiw

Bonus photo – Don Carman (Rachel’s father) has been maintaining a chart of our Great Loop travels. He has placed a pin in each harbor where we have stayed during our trip. He will get to place a new pin in Deltaville, VA. on Friday.

Carl (Chef) Wooden – quote of the day.

“Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift He has given us to enjoy.”
Bethany Hamilton

Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off, but ultimately returned to—and was victorious in—professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. In April 2011, the feature film Soul Surfer was released; it was based on the book and additional interviews. She has appeared on many television shows since the loss of her arm.