Still in Hampton

Saturday, May 7 - the wind has really been picking up today. It was short sleeve weather this morning and by afternoon, the North wind blew in and it was windy and cold 🥶 

To get off the boat, we went out to lunch.  Unfortunately, it made me slightly queasy.  I won’t go there again!  But they did have a beautiful original tin ceiling.  

Original tile ceiling

After that, we went to the Hampton History Museum. 


I remember the Susan Constant, Discovery and Godspeed from school.  The point is, the first Europeans in the new world happened in Hampton, VA in 1607, years before the Pilgrims in 1620.  

Also, Blackbeard, Captain Edward Teach, traveled the Tidewater region in Virginia. When he and most of his crew were killed, they placed his severed head on a pole at the entrance to the Hampton River which is now known as Blackbeard’s Point. 



The Museum had some impressive life-size figures.


A lot of clothing was at the museum



That evening there was a band playing in the square behind our boat. So we donned our cold-weather gear and went to listen.

Band in the square behind our boat

Watching the band concert
It was windy and chilly from the time the band started. It finally started raining in earnest just after 8 pm, so the band was then done. And so were we!

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