Fall Break at Colonial Williamsburg

Well, my dad told me that at some point we had to go visit Colonial Williamsburg. I thought it sounded okay, so we decided we would go check it out during fall break. It was way cooler than I could have hoped. By the end of our trip I was trying to figure out how I could convince them to hire me as a lawyer in the courthouse. What a cool place! As you walk across the bridge that leads to the historical area, it has plaques that guide you back through history. I took a picture of my favorite one. We saw all sorts of stuff while we were there. What is so cool is that the town actually functions like an old town (mostly). They build with bricks made at the brickyard, they use barrels made by the coopers, the townspeople wear shoes made by the cobbler who uses tools made by the smiths. How fun! I got to use the tool they had at the gunsmith's place to rifle barrels. I thought rifles would be rare back then, but apparently they were't that uncommon because people needed them for hunting big game. I also included a picture of the cabinet makers shop for my dad. The cabinets there were so nice, but the guy there told me they took about 500 man hours to make using the old tools, so you can understand why we buy crappy stuff from Wal-Mart instead.
Anyway, it was great fun and they talked us into buying the annual passes, so we'll be back there sometime soon.