summer is a great time to get away and
explore new areas with family friends
and just the two of you
yeah the daytime crew is hitting the
road to show you some cool places you
can check out and the adventures you can
find during your visit today our daytime
destination is the Greater Williamsburg
area the daytime crew is hitting the
road once again to try to find you and
your family some cool places to visit
this summer this time we take you to a
place that has adventure history ghosts
and so much more
come join us as we explore the Greater
Williamsburg area
we started our visit in historic
Jamestowne here you can walk in the
footsteps of Pocahontas and John Smith
on this the original site of the first
permanent English settlement in America
I caught up with senior staff
archaeologist Dave Gibbons about the
site this building behind us is what's
called a mud and stone cottage and this
is a classic example of how archaeology
helps us understand the past so when we
dug it we found post holes but they
weren't square they were very sort of
irregular pattern and then as we began
to study the people that were here we
could build it back up from the
archaeology with an understanding of the
past so people can see what it is during
our visit we found archaeologists
searching inside the original 16-17
church here they're making discoveries
each day that often change the course of
what we know happened here new
discoveries like that of survival
cannibalism if you visit me several
years ago we said what about cannibalism
Dave and I'd say well that will never
find evidence that what would that be
and we were excavating in a bread oven
cellar under a house we found a woman's
cranium so it wasn't a burial it was
just thrown into a trash pit and through
researching that person with the
Smithsonian we were able to bring her
story back and I love that because what
that does is humanize the past right and
so to bring their stories back is just
an honor for this day
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once we finished here it was over to
jamestown settlement to explore one of
the ships that sailed from England to
Virginia in 1607 Jamestown Settlement is
a living history museum so over at
historic jamestown you saw the active
archaeological site fascinating site
here you'll see more what things would
have actually looked like in 1607 you
can see replicas are the three ships
that brought the English settlers you'll
see the replicas of James fort close to
what it would have look like at that
time field you see the replica of an
Powhatan Indian village so here you can
see what light might have looked like
for those settlers four hundred years
ago this is the discovery okay this is
the smallest of the three ships that
brought the English settlers it's a
full-scale working replica of the
original ship 21 men on board
you're gonna put us to work I'm
absolutely gonna put you to work we have
a sail that needs to be raised and I
don't want to do it by myself alright
let's get to work Carol showed us how
it's done and Brittany and I got to work
all right hallway and just like that we
raise the sail tour the ships and
discover what a difficult journey it was
for those who traveled this way then
take a look at the recreation of James
Fork where you really get immersed in
what life was like for the first
settlers starting in 1610 you're in the
martial law everyone's given armor from
the iron plate armor they wore a passion
to how they cooked their meals it's a
fascinating look at what life was like
400 years ago
our next stop
Yorktown while here you'll find plenty
of history and shops to check out along
a bustling Riverwalk we decided to grab
a quick bite here at Water Street grill
while the food was delicious
it made us hungry for yet more adventure
when you're here in your town you gotta
check out Riverwalk landing ya sit on
the beach taking the beautiful scenic
views yeah but I don't want to just look
at the water
I'm gonna get on we decided to board the
schooner the Alliance for a two hour
sightseeing cruise but before we could
take in the sights we once again had to
get to work but once all sales were up
and properly tied whoa we could sit back
and relax oh life yeah I know it's good
so this is your business with your
husband are we still on the York River
we are yes okay New York is big and wide
so a lot of people think it's the bay or
even the ocean there's no no really yes
and where exactly will we go when we
sail around it's just gonna go soon I
love that up and down the river it all
depends on the wind and the tide as to
which way we go occasionally someone
will ask well why don't you play music
and I'm like no that's the whole beauty
of this is that you're listening to the
wind and the waves and sails and all
that most people get that yeah
once our sale was complete it was on to
Colonial Williamsburg
this is merchants when we come to
Williamsburg it's a must-see because
it's an 18th century style retail
village there are over 40 shops there's
restaurants and there's pubs in fact
we're gonna check one out right now we
headed to dog Street Pub which serves
craft and British influence fare the dog
Street pub building was a bank since
1932 and the bank decided to sell the
property to Colonial Williamsburg
foundation and then we partnered with
them in order to renovate the building
and turn it into a what we hope would be
you know good venue with a craft beer
being a gastropub so we could sort of do
pub style food but also do some nicer
food and different things so it wasn't
so pigeonhole the perfect place to wrap
up an eventful day a day that offered us
a brand new perspective into our
American story
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we had so much fun today we really did
and tune in on Monday when our daytime
destinations to the Greater Williamsburg
area continues we're going to share even
more of our adventures
yeah we'll head to Busch Gardens where
we talked to the creator of a brand new
virtual reality ride battle for iyer
plus we go on a ghost tour of
Williamsburg and we check out a meter II
find out what that is Monday only on
daytime Blue Ridge