Jamestown (Virginia vacation post #3 of 4)

Jamestown was also only a couple miles from our resort.  We went here on Wednesday.  First, we started with a 2h guided tour.  It was sooo wonderful and informative!!!  I learned a lot!

The Susan Constant, one of the 3 ships in the Jamestown Expedition

Using shells to dig out ash.  A fire is burned on the tree then dug out to make it flat on the bottom.  Then, the same process to dig out the center for the inside of the canoe.

He would NOT want to have been a boy there at the time, since HE would have been carrying the water.

The church our government started in!  Well, this is the 3rd rebuild, but on the sides of the floor you can actually see the old first 2 foundations.  This was at the actual Jamestown historical site.  The previous pictures were at the Jamestown recreation settlement down the road from the actual site.

There are 2 ongoing digs at the actual historical site!

Overlooking the James River at the actual site.

That tower is NOT a recreation, it is STILL standing after nearly 400 years!!  The walls are 3ft thick.  It is attached on the other side to the church.

I'm sooo glad we took the time to get out to the actual Jamestown site!  The recreation settlement was wonderful, but the actual site was amazing!