Today, we made our longest journey of the trip, to Williamsburg, VA. It’s a town recreated to be as it was in the late 1700s. This town was the capitol of Virginia back then. Many of our founding fathers were members of the House of Burgesses and some of them were governors - Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, etc. This was one of the major hot beds that evolved into the Revolutionary War.

There is so much to see. We barely scratched the surface - Governor’s Palace, Capitol, Residence, Tavern, Hospital for the Mentally Ill, Blacksmith, etc. The staff walk around in period costumes and many of them act in character.

We discovered a peanut shop featuring famous Virginia Peanuts. I didn’t know there was such a thing, but the shop owner says once you eat Virginia peanuts you can never go back. Mom and I each bought some to share with our office mates. We’ll see if that claim is true. :} Peanuts were grown to feed animals and slaves ate them, too. You wouldn’t find people from high society eating them. But, the story goes that Jefferson loved them.

The town had two working kitchens with cooks making real food that would have been made back in the day. You wouldn’t believe the spreads these high class folks would have had - two rounds of several meats, starches and vegetables, then two rounds of desserts. They’d eat leftovers for late night supper and breakfast the next day - all without refrigeration, of course.

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