Thursday, December 8, 2011
We arrived in Powhatan, VA on Tuesday, December 6th in the rain.
We rode up on our chariots as the post arrived with a grand welcome from Ted and Connie Harriss. We placed the bikes out of the rain and went inside the family plantation called Norwood! This home had been in the family since 1830 when Beverley Randolph bought the property. Since then, the home has been added onto and still stands today.
We took showers and joined Connie and Ted for a Pot roast dinner that was extremely delicious. After dinner and catching up all the family news, Vesper and I went to bed in an 1830 Sleigh bed on the second floor. We slept soundly and awoke to coffee and breakfast. We decided to explore the grounds towards the James River.
We returned to Connie cooking up a storm for our Thanksgiving Dinner!!
Some Kennon relatives arrived to share in our Thanksgiving Dinner which consisted in: Chicken (there were not any fresh turkeys), sweet potatoes, Spaghetti 'n cheese (Mac'n Cheese), dressing, gravy, green beans, and apple/cranberry Pie with Vanilla Ice cream.
After the fantastic dinner we returned to bed with our tummies ready to burst.
Today we planned our next destination and are planning on going into town for a little shopping before we leave tomorrow.
Looking forward to the finish line of the United States of America!!
Thanks for reading,
WOS and Vesper
Our Touring Mission from Portland, Oregon to Texas. This Time We Have MAPS!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
We have made it to Yorktown, VA!!!!
Saturday, 12-11-11
We rolled into Yorktown at about 4:30 pm just as the sun was setting.
After reaching our connection here for a place to stay with Grace Church, the oldest church still in service in the entire USA, we were introduced to the Home on the Bay. This is the location you may see in the photos.
We have had a long journey...
From Portland, OR to Yorktown, VA. We were planning on making it up to Washington D.C. but the weather got to cold and we were finished with the trip.
I only have 10 min. left to be on the computer, so I will show the time we had at Norwood as well as our final destination in photos.
We were planning on moving to Detroit, MI for a whole new adventure, but with further thought and pleading from the family in Boerne, we have decided to return to TX for at least the winter...another blog... we will see.
A special thanks to all the kind people we had met along the way as well as those that have been following us that have donated to our cause. It is hard to imagine how difficult the trip would have been without it.
Thanks for reading and following us as we shifted gears across the USA
WOS and Vesper
We rolled into Yorktown at about 4:30 pm just as the sun was setting.
After reaching our connection here for a place to stay with Grace Church, the oldest church still in service in the entire USA, we were introduced to the Home on the Bay. This is the location you may see in the photos.
We have had a long journey...
From Portland, OR to Yorktown, VA. We were planning on making it up to Washington D.C. but the weather got to cold and we were finished with the trip.
I only have 10 min. left to be on the computer, so I will show the time we had at Norwood as well as our final destination in photos.
We were planning on moving to Detroit, MI for a whole new adventure, but with further thought and pleading from the family in Boerne, we have decided to return to TX for at least the winter...another blog... we will see.
A special thanks to all the kind people we had met along the way as well as those that have been following us that have donated to our cause. It is hard to imagine how difficult the trip would have been without it.
Thanks for reading and following us as we shifted gears across the USA
WOS and Vesper
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