After a few days of exploring the neighborhood, where I took these photographs, I wanted to expand beyond the borders of the neighborhood.
This slow travel thing is great, but at the same time, I can often get stuck in the house working. Apparently, that happens at other people's houses, too!
My first stop was the Hampton Vistor's Center. There were tickets called Sea to Stars that allowed me to pay one price of $39 and get into a few attractions. First, I was able to visit the Hampton History Museum. It was quite interesting. I'm not huge on learning about history. That hasn't changed as I've become a grown-up. It's a dry bit of facts. If they could liven it up and make it more colorful, I'd be all about history. For example, Dances with Wolves, that was a great movie and if that had been real and historic, I'd have learned a ton! …show more content…
The woman at the front desk of the Visitor's Center made a reservation for me to take the habor tour at 11am, so I wandered in that direction. Most of the attractions are concentrated in Downtown Hampton. Passing the Air & Space Center, I saw the harbor. It really is a wonderful looking place sitting right next to the water.
Boarding the boat for the 3-hour tour of the harbor, it didn't occur to me that there's a hurricane headed in our direction until the guide announced that seas were a little choppy. Huh. Isn't this how Gilligan's Island started?
Since I'm writing this now, you can clearly see I'm fine! But it did cross my
This slow travel thing is great, but at the same time, I can often get stuck in the house working. Apparently, that happens at other people's houses, too!
My first stop was the Hampton Vistor's Center. There were tickets called Sea to Stars that allowed me to pay one price of $39 and get into a few attractions. First, I was able to visit the Hampton History Museum. It was quite interesting. I'm not huge on learning about history. That hasn't changed as I've become a grown-up. It's a dry bit of facts. If they could liven it up and make it more colorful, I'd be all about history. For example, Dances with Wolves, that was a great movie and if that had been real and historic, I'd have learned a ton! …show more content…
The woman at the front desk of the Visitor's Center made a reservation for me to take the habor tour at 11am, so I wandered in that direction. Most of the attractions are concentrated in Downtown Hampton. Passing the Air & Space Center, I saw the harbor. It really is a wonderful looking place sitting right next to the water.
Boarding the boat for the 3-hour tour of the harbor, it didn't occur to me that there's a hurricane headed in our direction until the guide announced that seas were a little choppy. Huh. Isn't this how Gilligan's Island started?
Since I'm writing this now, you can clearly see I'm fine! But it did cross my