Massachusetts to Florida

So here we are, one our way to Florida to the next KOA and next adventure for the Hamilton Family. With the government shutdown the Hamilton's had to make adjustments to the plans. Since we were not going to stop in Washington DC we decided to go to our favorite campground at the time in Gettysburg farm PA. From there we went to see the covered bridge once more just in case the leaves were changing and to have some dinner. The next day we went to another of the sites that I wanted to see, Harper's Ferry in West Virginia. Now the national park was closed which meant we couldn't go into any of the buildings but it was still a great site to visit. Harper's Ferry is where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers meet as well as where West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland state lines meet.

Shenandoah River

Gettysburg Bridge

Sunrise at the Gettysburg Farm campground.

     The next stop on the Hamilton train was Colonial Williamsburg where we stopped for the day. Laura mentioned this in her blog but I wanted to give my impression of the town. This was truly a wonderful place to visit with all the colonial characters walking around and working in all the stores and shops. I may have learned more this day than the rest of the family as I was not so up on colonial America.

Naughty Children

Shoe Maker

Store Owner

Cool Garden Trick

Making cotton thread

Dang British Governor

Unhappy Colonists

Kids learning the local games

Governors house entry hall.

     The next day of our trip was traveling through Norfolk Virginia headed to Virginia beach were we had a nice day basking in the sun and watching the kids play. The water in Virginia was not as warm as I had hoped but it was much warmer than Massachusetts. Another one of the things I have always wanted to see was the Chesapeake Bay bridge. This bridge is 20 miles long and goes under the bay for a mile in three places which I thought was cool. We got an unexpected bonus when we went to the end of the bridge and came back. They have a restaurant on the south end of the bridge and we got to see a wonderful sunset.

Air Craft Carrier

How'd she get to be so sweet

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Dinner with the family

Our wonderful view of the sunset.

     Now, we made it through three states the next couple of days and stayed in North Carolina and Savanna Georgia where we tried to get some great pictures. It was raining pretty good and Savanna had a little flooding so no pictures other than the swans we saw at the KOA we were staying at.

Pretty

     Our last stop before heading to our next job at the wild wood KOA was a great little resort on the gulf coast of Florida called Natures Resort in Homosassa. We were on the bank of the river and were able to see many of this states great birds, a small alligator and a manatee.

They are so cute

Awesome

Small indicator attached to a Manatee which we got to see when it surfaced near us.

This guy came by the dock to say hi!

Sunset

     We were able to check out a small beach the next day and the kids were able to see blue crabs, hermit crabs, sea snails and even a live horseshoe crab that was trying to eat Jacob!

Horseshoe crab that fought Jacob

Snails & Hermit Crabs

Sunset

Jacobs first blue crab catch