Oct. 23-24-The Circus Begins

Joe and Darlene, David and I loaded up and went to Yorktown this morning. We started out at the Yorktown Battlefield National Monument. They had some unique displays and an interesting documentary movie that refreshed our memories of what happened in the big battle here. We went from there to the Yorktown Victory Center. It is an education center run by the state of Virginia. They have a really impressive building with displays and an outdoor re-enactment area. This was representing what would have been a more typical farm setting as well as a military encampment. They enlisted some help from the visitors to show how a mortar-type cannon would have been loaded and then they actually loaded and fired it. We listened to a very interesting presentation about what the doctors of the time would have worked with and all that they didn't understand about germs and sanitation.

We went on to Baltimore and met Chuck and Marlyn at the campground. We hit traffic and it took us what felt like forever to get the final 12 miles to the campground. After getting the motor home parked, we went on north to Tom and Tena's. Tena had a wonderful stir-fry supper for us. It is so fun to see their beautiful home and all the pieces that they have picked up in their travels. And then there is the Marshall man cave...

Saturday morning we got word that the plane from Dallas bringing in Aunt Colene, Aunt Marva, Jim and Paula had returned to the airport because of "possible engine problems" and they had a delay as the airline found a new plane. They arrived safely about 2 1/2 hours later than planned.

Tara told me when I first put this blog together that "The Galavanting Ledets" sounded like a circus act. I'm thinking that the circus act may be about to begin with two of my favorite aunts, my three favorite brothers and my three favorite sisters-in-law (at least on the Aldrich side of the family) all here together. and David and Tom here to add to the mayhem. I'll try to keep you up to date as the next few days go along. We're planning to go the the National Aquarium here in Baltimore tomorrow.

David, George and Bonnie

Joe, George and Darlene 

The tobacco barn in Yorktown

The family garden

The summer kitchen 

The comfy bed 

The military presentation 

The lady with the great presentation about doctors and medical treatments at the time. 

This part of the country really does up Halloween big! Lots of decorations, lots of pumpkins, lots of extra activities for it. We parked in a Wal-Mart parking lot and walked across the street to a restaurant for lunch. When we came back there was a pick-up and trailer parked next to us. This little guy was looking out the window of the trailer at us!  

The bridge over the Potomac River 

At Tom and Tena's 

TnT's back yard!