Whew. What a day. Spent about 5 hours at the historic Jamestown Settlement where, 400 years ago today, the first English settlers built the first colony.
After parking at one of the 7 sattelite lots, lining up and taking a shuttle about 6 miles to Jamestown, we were dropped off into a sea of humanity. My fears were coming true. It was very crowded. It was hot. It was muggy.
The worst part was seeing the media parking lot right at the entrance. That's where I should've parked. VIP treatment is what i'm used to. I don't like paying for things when the media gets in for free. Oh well, I wasn't working. I saw plenty of news photographers working throughout the day. None looked thrilled to be there. Of course, I've never met a journalist who wasn't complaining about something.
I toured the visitor center, the settlement area with the recreation of the fort then boarded another shuttle bus for the historic Jamestowne site and the archealogy that's still being done today. I couldn't really make any photos that I really wanted because of the crowds. I had to settle with just snapshots.
Photo gallery here
Tonight I'm off to an Italian restaurant then perhaps back to Pints and Pipes or Hooters for drinks.
Observations from the day:
If you're walking in a sea of people with everyone heading in one direction at a nice flow, for God's sake, don't stop in mid-stream to look at your map. This causes human gridlock. Pull to the right out of foot traffic then look at your map.
There is a certain segment of our society that are notoriously bad drivers. A certain sex and a certain ethnicity. They are all over L.A. and you can spot them just by their driving techniques. It turns out they are on the east coast too.
Tomorrow: Head to Washington D.C. (actually Alexandria, VA) with possible stops in Richmond and Mt. Vernon.
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