The weather report said that it would rain until 11AM, and then reach 100 degrees. Oh joy. It had rained right up to about 6:30 this morning.
Yeah, free breakfast! I like hotels that offer a free breakfast.
We were so efficient that we were at the entrance of Colonial Williamsburg about five minutes early. Once in, we got our tickets, and then watched an excellent old movie about Williamsburg staring Hawaii 5-0’s Jack Lord. It was a very informative movie that used many of the actual buildings around town. We then started our all-day walk. It never did rain, but the 100 degree weather came by 10AM and stayed all day. At first, it was not muggy, but as the day progressed, it got moderately muggy.
We took one of the most boring tours of the Governor’s house. Our guide was monotone and talked way too long. Things got decidedly better after that. We went into various shops and houses. I liked all the woodworking shops – I love the smell of cut wood. All the craftsmen were excellent. I think our highlight was the silversmith’s house. The smith there was very good at his job, and we later discovered that he was featured on the book they publish about this town.
Lunch was at the one open Tavern in town. The appetizer of peanut soup was excellent, as was my Bourbon Mint Julep, but not much else was. All the entrees came without salt, or really much seasoning at all, and my “Tarragon cream sauce” on my raviolis had absolutely no tarragon in it. Man, the restaurants around here are surely disappointing. Hey, at least it had air-conditioning (as did all the other shops – yes, they aimed for authenticity, but they also wanted their guests to be comfortable).
We got through the rest of the town by 2:45 – well short of the 5PM closing time we all thought we would see. It was simply too hot out today. We were close to William & Mary College, so I got my shirt.
The heat in Williamsburg wiped-out the kids
Dunkin’ Doughnuts sounded pretty good after that, so once we were shuttled to our car, we headed there. After Dunkin’, the kids and Barb went swimming. I was smelling very “manly,” so I showered then watched day 1 of the Tour of France. My guy Cancellara won yesterday’s prologue, so he was in yellow. He almost won today as well, but couldn’t compete with Sagan, who has absolutely been on fire this year.
The kids and Barb came back right about dinner time. We went out to another Yelp recommendation: La Tolteca. And while not all of the raves were written by people who knew (or had ever tried) Mexican food, the food was not bad at all; in fact, I would call it excellent – the entrees anyway. The “cheese” dip, which was highly recommended, was a runny mess. The salsa and the horchada came from a can and a mix. Any Mexican restaurant in California would be too embarrassed to do this! But the entrees were yummy.
The folks at the table next to us had just come from Lake Keuka – our eventual destination (I had almost worn my Keuka shirt to dinner tonight!)
It had gotten muggy, cloudy and dark while we were in there. The news said that there was a chance of another thunder storm tonight, but most likely, it would just be cloudy. I welcomed no more sun. Even at 89 degrees, it felt a whole lot better not to have the sun beating on you.
We stayed in tonight, played cards and watched TV.