Jamestown, Monticello, and Asian Buffet

I'm currently recovering from the all you can eat Asian (Mongolian/Japanese/Thai) Buffet we ate at this evening. Watching the Olympics I feel guilty for trying to take the gold medal for eating the most. My younger brother, McKay, has proven that I am no longer in that part of life where I can eat at will. Time to retire and take up a life of more responsible and healthy eating. While I recover I thought I would update you all on the adventures in Virgina.

Our first site to visit was Jamestown. We went to the recreated 'Jamestown Settlement' where they have replicas of what the original fort houses, boats, and Native American homes would have been like. After that we headed to the historic Jamestown out on the island, which was really just ruins and old foundations.

This is a reconstructed church house. McKay got on the pulpit to call us all to repentance. Under the martial law of the fort everyone was required to go to church twice a day.Reporting for duty, a fresh supply of of people to replenish the dwindling numbers of the struggling settlement.Taken on the river at the site of the original fort in Historic Jamestown.

My youngest brother, McKay, checking out the ruins of some of the homes.We went out to Monticello. They had been hit with a lot of snow so we couldn't really explore the grounds too much, but Thomas Jefferson's house is really pretty cool.

Sharon, Ira, and I at the entrance of Monticello. Someday we will have a house as cool as this....