What a lovely day! Blue sky, sunshine, and Royaks to paddle. Roy wanted to take the boat closer to Jamestown, but I wanted to paddle, so we did. Took us three hours to reach the Visitor Center for the Jamestown National Park. Pulled our Royaks up on the bank and walked to the Center.
Watched a 15-minute movie and then walked around with an historian who was a real character. He was dressed in the clothing of 1607 and pretended he was a captain of those days. He was very convincing and amusing.
By then, it was nearly two o'clock and we were hungry. There was nothing to eat at the Visitor Center, but the guy at the information desk said there was a restaurant just outside the gate where the replica of the Jamestown Fort is, so we walked over there. Had a reasonably good lunch and some ice cream.
On the way back, we stopped at the Glass House, where the first attempts at introducing glass-blowing in the new world had been made.
There were some glass-blowers there, blowing glass the old-fashioned way. We watched them for a while and then returned to our Royaks.
It was nearly five o'clock when we left, so we had to hurry to reach the boat before dark. Unfortunately, I have a penchant for shortcuts, so when I saw a creek, I went up it, thinking it would take me through to the river. Roy was so far ahead of me, I couldn't tell him what I was doing. He waited for me, and when I didn't arrive, he paddled back looking for me. He spent a lot of time trying to find me before he finally gave up and went back to the boat.
I went two or three miles up the creek but realized it was going in the wrong direction, so I turned around and returned to the river.
By then it was nearly seven and the wind was blowing against me about 15 knots. I saw Roy in the distance but didn't have a chance of catching up with him. As soon as I rounded the point, I saw Jofian's mast far in the distance, so I made a bee-line for it. By the time I reached the boat, the sun had set and the masthead light had come on. Roy was upset and angry, because he hadn't known what had happened to me. He had already started cooking supper and was debating whether he should call the Coast Guard or the local sheriff or what. Anyway, we ate the delicious supper he fixed and collapsed into bed a little after eleven.
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