"In the Beginning, All America Was Virginia."
- William Byrd, 1732
- William Byrd, 1732
"In 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. They were sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, whose stockholders hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. The community suffered terrible hardships in its early years, but managed to endure, earning the distinction of being America's first permanent English colony."
They came in on 3 very small boats (it took 4 months)
I hope she is a better navigator than her father and I.
The making of a fishing net.
3 comments:
I still don't understand how you two have no navigational skills...frightening!
LOVE the picture of you and E looking out the hatch! You both look fantastic!
Thanks!
... but its only cause you can't see the rest of me.
:-)
Shawn (her dad) has told me that you could take him in his bathroom turn out the lights, turn him around twice ... and he'd be lost.
HAHAHAHA
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