Jamestown - The First English Settlement

Well after 12 hours of sleep for the whole family we went out and explored Jamestown. We enjoyed it. Max stayed interested as long as we kept moving and finding new things to look at. I gave him some questions to get the answers to during the day. That seemed to help him connect to the history around us. His question today was "Why did so many of the first settlers die in the first year?" He came up with the answer by the end.. of starvation, disease and Indian attacks.

Max is maintaining a level of excitement previously unseen in the Rickert-Wong clan. He is so excited to be traveling with both his Mom's and getting unlimited time with us. There is a lot of questions, bouncing and cuddling going on. He is also loving being in a different state and comparing it with California. (They have a lot of trees here but they are a different kind)

After dinner, we came back and fulfilled his desire to swim, swim and swim. Tomorrow we are heading off to Williamsburg and hopefully will be able to get some costumes (especially for Max) and take some photos as Virginians.