Deltaville Virginia

Our 7 day home

Williamsburg Historic Town

This guy has the right idea

Wigmakers

One Creation

Canon Firing



A scene in keeping with the era

Twin bridges on parkway

Forest walk next to Marina
on way to maritime museum

1913 buyboat on display
fully restored

Memorial Sculpture

Dawn checking hull prior to launch



Before

After, these places do amazing work

It is now Saturday & we have been stuck here for longer than we wanted while the Marina people stuffed about & finally got some of the scheduled work done (not the prop though). After the push to get work completed we are now sitting in a howling gale & unable (& unwilling) to leave. The air conditioning was one of the 'fixes' needed when the temps rose close to 100F for a couple of days. Now that it's repaired we are having much cooler weather. These had been a problem for most of the trip - they operated well but the water wasn't draining & the worker discovered incorrect installation  with an unplugged hole & the other had a badly designed hose that blocked that he repaired in a couple of hours. $280 dollars well spent & the cheapest item on our bill.
We rented a motel ( with welcome air con) and a car and drove to nearby Williamsburg. A large part of the town has been closed to vehicular traffic and the original buildings preserved; milliner/tailor, wig maker, shoemaker, book binding, courthouse etc. with people in period costume. An operating "military encampment" was very entertaining - the public were enlisted & trained to fire muskets,(just sticks) help load the canon which was fired &  take part in a mock battle. The military were dressed in period costume & were enthusiastic role players.
We visited a local "farmers market" in the Maritime museum grounds next to the marina - selling the usual fruit, veges & baking (got some blackberries, home made bread & baklava). On display were restored boats; a shollop (large rowboat) & a buyboat. A buyboat could be 40 to 100ft long & fashioned from full length logs (the photographed one was 7 logs) with a mast forward and wheel house aft. They were used for going out on the water and buying the fisherman's catches direct from them and then selling these on later at larger towns & cities along the way. Usually they returned with loads of cloth, tools, & goods to sell on return. Many ran 24 hours a day only turning off for church attendance on Sunday.
We hope to head on up the west coast of Chesapeake Bay & possibly reach New York for the 4th July. All depends on the weather.