Today is Saturday, October 22nd and the weather is cloudy and chilly here in Virginia. I think we brought Ireland weather back with us!Yesterday we rode our bikes and decided to go across Hwy. 17 where we've never been before. We found a place now called Tyndales Park which is very historic as it was the site where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington and America gained its independence from Great Britain in the 1700s. Also, it was here that civil war battles occurred in the 1850s. There are numerous earthen mounds which were used as protection from the enemy and one in particular where they had mounted 12 cannons aimed across the York River. This all occurred here at Gloucester Point. Anyway, this area is really where our country began and we intend to see more whenever my car is delivered - hopefully next week.
The marina here is having their annual customer appreciation day today with an oyster roast which begins shortly so we intend to take part in that. We're keeping busy until the spring when we can continue our journey north.
Beginning in the Spring of 2011, this is a story of a journey in our 36' Heritage East Trawler as we cruise The Great Loop, a circumnavigation of Eastern North America, along the shoreline of the United States and Canada - truly a trip of a lifetime.
Nice Blog... Do you know where Gen Cornwallis went after his surrender to Gen Washington?
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