I had to run down to
Williamsburg to pick up my step-son from football camp at William & Mary College on Wednesday....since
I had to take the day off of work to accomplish that, the girls decided to make quick vacation of it and enjoy some site seeing! Of course, the battery in my camera died the moment after we arrived, so I missed about 89457389475938754 great shots of the area that I wanted so badly to share with you! Maybe next time, as we will
definitely be
going back again!
Gma Kathy, the Little Brat and I made arrangements to stay at
A Williamsburg White House Bed & Breakfast...what luck we had, as it ended up being walking distance from everywhere we wanted to be!
We arrived around 7pm on Tuesday evening and checked in to our room...we stayed here in the John Adams Bed
Chambers....the King size bed was plenty big enough for all of us to share!
After enjoying a glass of wine in the library and enjoying all of the white house themed memorabilia, we walked a few blocks down the road to Downtown
Williamsburg....the shops were still quite bustling, even at that hour! We were famished, and on the lookout for a nice dinner spot...we settled on the Season's
restaurant...OMG.....the food was to die for! The weather was PERFECT as we marched our well-fed selves back to our bed chambers, where we retired for the night....we were feeling pretty special, and thinking we might just have to make this an annual trip from now on!
We slept in till about 8am on Wednesday, then made our way to the main house where we were fed the most delicious fresh fruit and french toast for breakfast....it made for a great start to the day! Once our crumbs were cleaned up, we strolled back down to Downtown
Williamsburg for a little shopping....I got the Little Brat a couple books, and a game to play when we got home.....at about that time I had to head back towards the B&B to pick up Tyler at his
football camp...the REAL reason why we were all there in the first place! Turns out he was just a few blocks away as well....yeah! We checked him out
lickity-split and headed back to the B&B to pick up the Bug.....did I mention we brought the Beetle-Bug on his road trip? It's a snug squeeze, but since I got the heater ducts disconnected earlier this week, it's a very comfortable ride! So we crammed his
hugemongous duffel bag in that sliver of a crack hiding spot
behind the back seat and drove on down to the visitor center....I wanted the car close-by after all the walking around we would be doing.....we met up with
Gma Kathy and the Little Brat, who had been enjoying some games in
Colonial Williamsburg....the Little Brat requested a 'tune', or tin pipe-like flute-thingy she had seen some people playing, so we found an interesting market a little further down the road that carried them....there, we were accosted by a cranky old man.....told not to try on the straw hats because of lice, or test the 'tune' for fear of swine flu....Wow, is all I have to say....the man that checked me out gave me a 10% discount on her 'tune'...I suspect it was for the verbal beating I took from that old man....oh yeah, and he WORKED there.....*eye roll*.....must be a terrible feeling to live with that sorta anxiety all the time....oh well, on with our day! If you are wondering what the difference is between Downtown
Williamsburg and
Collonial Williamsburg, it's only about 100 ft and THIS...all the 'folk' dress in period attire in Colonial Williamsburg...it's like stepping back in time!
Back in current time, we stopped at The Fat Canary for some super sandwiches....more yummyness! The food is these parts was absolutely DELICIOUS! One last stop before we hit the road, and that was for some treats at the
Wythe Candy & Gourmet Shop...as if we had any more room to spare in our distended bellies....but we made it work! Funny how we can always make room for dessert....
lolWe piled into the Bug and make tracks for
Water Country USA! None of us had
been there before, so it was great fun for all! We spent more than a few hours there and visited every attraction on the grounds....we all agreed that
Hubba-Hubba Highway was our favorite! It is a sort of lazy river type water feature, less the rafts...you just float around it...and the water is moving FAST...so we donned life vests and let the current takes for a spin....even the Little Brat just bobbed along as happy as could be!
At about 6pm, we decided to end the day with a few ice creams, and then hit the road back home....it's a 2 hour drive in good traffic.
...getting Tyler's
hugemongous duffel bag OUT of the teeny tiny nook behind the back seat? A story for another time.....
All slept well....and I am still exhausted!
Happy Trails,
Leah
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