Colonial Williamsburg

This weekend Kenyon and I took a road trip to the origins of the United States - Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown.

The buildings are old and well preserved. In case you are not aware, the typical homestead had three buildings. The main house. The servant/slave quarters. A kitchen. These buildings were built in the 1700's.

The best part of this tourist attraction is the staff - dressed in period clothes, demonstrating what life was like in the early days of our nation. 

a farmer working the field

a man training oxen to pull a carriage, yoked

a horse drawn carriage

after watching this for an afternoon I have one overwhelming thought, "the simple life is NOT simple - it is a LOT of work!"

There was homage paid to our founders, or colonizers who were trying to rule the world, which ever way you want to look at it

There were wonderful herbs and seeds available. It made me wish I had a yard, perhaps someday...

After the tour of Colonial Williamsburg, we went across the street to the modern day shops where one can find a Baskin Robbins (and other goodies) without all the effort of having to milk a cow, churn the milk and find some complicated way to freeze things without electricity.

just Sheri, grateful for modern conveniences