Finally got out! Day 1319 (Year 4, Day 224)

Williamsburg, VA

I can't believe it's been over 2 weeks since I've written.  I guess life has just been that boring, particularly due to the extreme cold and snow.  Even taking a little walk around the campground is a bit difficult without heavy boots because we're in the woods and with the exception of gravel on our site, everything else is dirt, which turns to mud when the snow melts or when it rains (and it takes days and days to dry up).

For the past few days, the temps have finally gotten above freezing.  In fact, it was in the mid 60's over the weekend, and in the low 70s today.  It was semi-dry on Saturday, so Mitch and I took a little Shabbat walk around the campground, although it was somewhat limited where we could go due to a lot of mud.

On Sunday, it was another gorgeous day, so we decided to return to Colonial Williamsburg and visit the art museums.  The museums are housed in a building that used to be a mental institution (hospital) back in the 1700s.  The entrance to the museum starts you off going thru the hospital (mini-museum).  It was really quite horrific the way those with mental illness were perceived and treated (worse than criminals).

The museum is actually 2 separate museums: 1 dedicated to folk art such as sculptures, kitch, instruments, ceramics and paintings.  The other is dedicated more towards fine art including furniture and antiques.  Unfortunately, we didn't leave home until 1:00 pm.  We had hoped to park closer to the museum rather than at the visitor's center (where we'd need to take the shuttle bus, and the museum is the 2nd to last stop on the loop).  Unfortunately, this area is not at all truck friendly, so we landed up at the visitor's center anyway, thus wasting about 45 minutes.  It was nearly 2:00 by the time we got to the museum.  There really is so much to see there, but we were only able to visit about 4 galleries.  Definitely need to return there again.

Yesterday (Monday) was another relatively nice day; in the 60's and partly sunny.  I have a large workload but did force myself to take a little walk in the afternoon.

Last night and this morning we had torrential downpours.  Although it's in the 70s today and by the afternoon, bright and sunny, there was no way I could go out walking as there was way too much mud to even approach the road.