Williamsburg revisited

Return to Williamsburg, VA.

The title is a misnomer. It is not a return to Williamsburg but to the Williamsburg area which is full of so many historic sites. So the return did not include Jamestown, Yorktown and of course Williamsburg. This time we tried to visit places we missed in prior visits.

Williamsburg Pottery Factory. This is a factory that is in the process of rebuilding. Factory is not the correct title to put on it at this time and I'm not sure what it's future will be but it is a massisive outlet store for pottery, peanuts, lawn decorations, household utinsels and stuff. I looked at it as an over priced dollar store that was an outlet for Chinese stuff. Even the glassware and pottery were made in China.

Then there is Smithfield. Where those delicious hams come from. Our visit was during the wrong time of the year. The trees were changing their colors if not already changed and the festivities of the travel season are over. Make sure you get a map of the town so you cane walk the streets and find those areas of interest that make Smithfield what it is. There is plenty of public parking in town. I guess it was because smarter people don't visit the town after season and there is plenty of space available.

The big attraction appears to be the old homes throughout the town. They look nice, from the outside, if you are into old homes. The next big attraction(s) is the Arts, Shopping and Dining. Oh yea. The hams. We picked up a small one that we would have for Thanksgiving and whatever was left over we would apply to other meals. Well that ham was so salty that even after drawing it we still could not enjoy it. And when we had finally gotten it down to a point that the salt was acceptable the flavor was gone.