Horse Shoe Bend

• What early wandering wayfarer
• First stood at the Overlook,
• And viewed that expanse of river,
• Shaped like a great fish hook?

 

• Was he a soldier from H. Vincennes?
• Or a friend of Daniel Boon?
• Did he see it first in the early dawn,
• Or the light of an August moon?

         Was he fleeing the crowed east?

          Or leaving the pioneer west?

          Was he trapping the fox and beaver?

           Did he stop here perhaps and rest?

 

           As his eyes swept up the river,

           And then downstream descend,

           Did he for see then that rivermen

           Would call it "Horse Shoe Bend"?

 

            I often think of this traveler

            And I feel akin to him.

            For I have stood in his footprints there,

            And marveled from that brim.

 

            History does not record his name.

            We only know that he saw

             A piece of natures handiwork,                             Horse Shoe Bend - Ohio River

             So perfect - and without flaw.                                            Leavenworth IN

                                 - Claud Carter

                                  

Jamestown Fort.

Inside at Jamestown Fort.

                

                    Thought the thatched roof was interesting.

                   Looking up at the eve of the roof, the butt end.

                          Storage. Tobacco hanging.

Powhatan Village near Jamestown Fort

 A Powhatan wigwam(An American Indian hut formed of an arched framework overlaid with bark, mats, etc)

                    And as school kids we thought they lived in a little tepee.

                             Wigwam kitchen cupboards.

                               Attic storage.

                       Wouldn't mind having this tent in my backyard.

Just a little tourist but she played the part well, having fun grinding corn and modeling.

Few more pictures

                                                    Just passed the Govrnors' Palace

                                                    Riding high.

                                          pretty tree

                                          Resting tired feet.

                                         Gentle giant oxen

                                          Plodding along.

                                                       ditto

                Took these two of the horse trough for you Sharon, beats an old wooden watering trough.

                                 What a stylish way to heat your house.

                                   Interesting reading, posted on slave quarters behind the big house.

                  These blue dishes were recovered from the ocean floor, somehow preserved for a couple hundred years. The same pattern original to this house in Colonial Williamsburg, circa 1700. Original green wall paint color, showed high class back then.

                                                 I like these tall, tall windows and trim.

Thinking warm thoughts.

           Lazy Ohio River. Loafing on a hot day.

 Fishing

 Helping Granny

 He picked it all himself, for his Mommy

  Asure sign of spring

 Trying to get his old pair up into the shoe tree

 Trying to stay out of the sun, my feet were BURNT

 Cooling off in the creek

Oh what a job, my acky, breaky, scraping arm.

                                                    Wanted to post this earlier but this is the first day I've felt good since Christmas Eve. Hope you had a good one.