The prognosis was for rain all day, so after yesterday’s hectic pace, we decided to take it easy today. It was almost lunchtime before we ever left the Villa but even then we weren’t in a hurry. A little shopping, a little Wawa coffee, a little lunch and a movie, then dinner.
Part of our arrival package was a coupon for a restaurant that served dinner for two including appetizer, soup or salad, entree’ and dessert for $50.00. This seemed like the right day to do this, so that is where we went after the movie. Aberdeen Barn was a perfect choice and we didn’t have to drive very far. As a matter of fact, I don’t think we drove more than twenty miles all day, which was good after yesterday.
At 8:30 p.m. we had reservations for a Ghost Tour in Colonial Williamsburg. We dressed ourselves up to stay dry in the rain and off we went.
Three guides took the three groups in different directions through the dark streets of Williamsburg with nothing but the light of a single candle lamp.
Our guide with her lantern
We went into the Governor’s Palace and sat in a small room with chairs and very low lighting.
Before long, a young man entered the room and began talking to us about all that he had seen and heard since he left his wife and two small daughters to fight in the war. At the end, we realized he was the ghost of a dead soldier. Then off to a second room with a man playing a flute. He was an incredible storyteller and told the story of a man who was sentenced to hang, but the rope broke. While the Sheriff and Judges were debating if they could hang him again for the same crime, he grabbed the second rope put in place for a second man and hanged himself. A true story! The next and final story was in the smallest of the three rooms with only benches and a well dressed young man telling his story of desertion, trickery, deceit and murder.
By now the rain had stopped making the walk back to the car much easier, except for the “lumps” in the middle of the roads from the horse drawn carriages earlier in the day.
Nice day!
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