Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg was part of the reason we decided to take this route back down the east coast. It was interesting but I was a little disappointed. Maybe it was because we visited when it wasn’t peak tourist season, but some of the shops and taverns were closed or only open very limited hours. Plus, everything was really expensive and some of the “characters” were less than enthusiastic. On the positive side, it was a nice day to walk around the town. We did meet a lot of nice, and informative people. We were able to hear “George Washington” make a speech and answer questions from the people in the crowd. This is the Govenor's mansion and one of the coaches seen on the streets.


I bought a little printed and hand-bound booklet called "Every man his own doctor or The poor planter's physician". It tells about common illness and ailments and how to treat them in the home. The woman in the apothecary shop said this was basically your health care because the doctor was very expensive. It is an interesting read. Some of the cures have good basic principles but there are a lot of cures that involve bleeding the patient. Scary.