Day Three

The destination appointed for today was Busch Gardens...but we awoke to Noah's Flood. Gardens closed...the front desk ( interestingly) had an envelope of " rainy day activities"...we explored Jamestown...an exquisite historic collection explaining the timeline here from 1607...cool, dry and 90 minutes indoors...until we went out to the steaming hot fort and ship replicas: a LOT of people traveled here on relatively TINY ships.
Not many photo opportunities in a deluge! We were returning to the cafe and made it to the Blacksmith's where he was making nails ( hard to find 17th century nails at Home Depot) and kindly invited us under his overhang when the heavens again opened. Exhausted by our personal encounter with Mother Nature, we returned to the pool at the Marriott.
When the thunder & lightening arrived there we retreated indoors to the hot tub...hard to catch a break with the weather here .
This afternoon : a movie...the storm is expected to be worse.



Harrison seems to have a lot of fun. He spent a lot of time in the pool making new friends...and he would rather dictate that to me than write it...

Fortunately we have a good story from last night ( not clever...just good)

We wanted seafood so we thought the "Whaling Company" should serve up. When we realized that the children's menu was a list of deep fried "stuff" we ordered three adult entrees for the 4 of us. To their credit, the kids said...nothing...And we ALL enjoyed shrimp, scallops, cod and stuffed flounder, with some of us cleaning up the sauces with bread. The only item unfinished was angel hair pasta...even the 4 of us could not finish it off! Everyone loved everything!
So...feeling rather healthy and smug, we decided on one dessert...it was to be a democratically voted on "choice". The key lime pie was instantly voted down and three of us voted for the " mudpie...withOUT the whipped cream". The waitress was clearly shocked...knowing we were depriving the children, she promptly said she would bring it "on the side"...to which the kids replied "No we don't want it" ( we were also surprised by this...). Muttering something about " it's part of the presentation..." She left us.

The Mudpie was THE BEST...someone in our group often says " I only want a bite..." But I can tell you that no one held back...
And Victoria commented as we left that it was "just the right amount"... and the cream would have diluted the chocolate...

Proof:







I have a second story for yesterday, but I am still deciding if it should be shared on line. Stay tuned.

Tomorrow to Washington to visit with the elders of the Larkin Clan: Patty and Bill Driscoll...Must admit I hope it is NOT raining...I would have a hard time living in this weather




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Location:Jamestown Settlement