We have been doing some touring from the campground at Williamsburg Pottery. One day we went to Jamestown where the 400 anniversary of the first successful English colony in America is being celebrated. We only went to the National Park Service area where you can watch an on-going archaeological dig. In this area they continue to extract remains of Jamestown from over a two hundred year period. They have statues of Pocahontas and John Smith as well as a rebuilt portion of the old fort, but most of the site is dedicated to archeology. Nearby, Jamestown Settlement is a reproduction of the ships, houses and original fort. We also went to Yorktown to tour the site of the last battle of the Revolutionary War in 1781. There were the usual film, artifacts and talks. At Surrender Field there is a display of captured cannons and a tape to explain how it was done. We always thinks it is a unique experience to be able to walk the actual ground where the famous events in history have taken place. It was also interesting to be reminded what an important role the French played in our victory. Without their assistance the outcome of the war could have been very different. The plaque lists the names of the French who died at Yorktown. The freedom fries crowd should go reread the history books before badmouthing the French. Our plan from here is to spend a month on Hatteras Island in North Carolina. I'm really looking forward to doing some surf fishing at this time of the year. I talked to a couple here who have fished Hatteras during these months in the past and they said it was great. 
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