After several attempts at starting to write, and then stopping abruptly because of outside influences, I figure I should just cut to the chase and get this going. As I mentioned in my last post, you know that things have been a little shaken up around these parts, so after a few less than relaxing days this weekend was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Thanks to some wonderful friends who just bought a new boat, Jay and I were lucky enough, and extremely grateful to spend a large part of Saturday cruising the James River. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day to be on the water. Starting from just below the City of Richmond we got to take in a lot of sites, including the estate of Jimmy Dean (as in the country music star and more importantly the king of sausage - not the rebel without a cause), and the recreations of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, on the way to our Jamestown destination to have some lunch then head back to Richmond.
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| The late, great Jimmy Dean's estate. |
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| View down the James. |
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| Jay couldn't wait to break out the brownie bites - his favorite. |
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| The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. |
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| Look close (or enlarge the shot) and you'll see replicas of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. |
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All smiles.
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I can't think of a more fabulous way to kick off the summer and forget about all of the daily noise for a second. Thank goodness for friends who are there to help us take a 'time-out' in life when we most need it ... especially the ones with boats! ;)
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