Come, enjoy this adventure with me: backwards, of course. This was post-rampart walking, pre-juice box drinking. They were a little hot and sweaty and still excited by all the little cacti they found up top. Seriously, I guarantee that every time we drive by Fort Monroe from now on, Annika will say something about cacti or ask us when we can go back to that "cacti place".
A view out to the ocean...I don't know who lives in that housing, but that is one dang fine spot. Great views all around. All of the housing was beautiful at Fort Monroe--almost all of it (with the exception of what you're looking at) was early 20th century with beautiful Victorian details. Fort Monroe is like a little Army spot stuck out in the bay that got trapped in 1910...if you can squint and ignore the cars.
Wow, that is two (TWO!!) posts in a row with a picture of me! Here we are, on top of the ramparts, enjoying a GoGurt. Just like the troops would have during the Civil War. Nothing refreshes like an ice-cold GoGurt, am I right? That would ease the pain of lice and dysentery.
The moat and a view of one of the points of the fort.
Pet cemetery oddly located on top of the ramparts...I guess it
is earth, it just seems like an odd location. None of the stones was very recent--mid 1980s at the latest.
Sign describing the flag that hung in Jefferson Davis' cell at Fort Monroe.
The flag--Josiah was super-excited that it had only 35 stars, and yes, he knew exactly why!
A sign, or rather, half of a sign for those of you who care enough to blow it up and read. Interesting folks who served at Fort Monroe: a young Robert E. Lee, Harriet Tubman (as nurse of the runaway slave hospital), and Edgar Allen Poe.
Annika, striking a pose in a former cistern--interesting fact, they were never able to find fresh water on Fort Monroe, though they drilled to depths of 900'. All of their fresh water had to be brought over from the mainland.
Happy 4th of July!
Come, enjoy this adventure with me: backwards, of course. This was post-rampart walking, pre-juice box drinking. They were a little hot and sweaty and still excited by all the little cacti they found up top. Seriously, I guarantee that every time we drive by Fort Monroe from now on, Annika will say something about cacti or ask us when we can go back to that "cacti place".
A view out to the ocean...I don't know who lives in that housing, but that is one dang fine spot. Great views all around. All of the housing was beautiful at Fort Monroe--almost all of it (with the exception of what you're looking at) was early 20th century with beautiful Victorian details. Fort Monroe is like a little Army spot stuck out in the bay that got trapped in 1910...if you can squint and ignore the cars.
Wow, that is two (TWO!!) posts in a row with a picture of me! Here we are, on top of the ramparts, enjoying a GoGurt. Just like the troops would have during the Civil War. Nothing refreshes like an ice-cold GoGurt, am I right? That would ease the pain of lice and dysentery.
The moat and a view of one of the points of the fort.
Pet cemetery oddly located on top of the ramparts...I guess it is earth, it just seems like an odd location. None of the stones was very recent--mid 1980s at the latest.
Sign describing the flag that hung in Jefferson Davis' cell at Fort Monroe.
The flag--Josiah was super-excited that it had only 35 stars, and yes, he knew exactly why!
A sign, or rather, half of a sign for those of you who care enough to blow it up and read. Interesting folks who served at Fort Monroe: a young Robert E. Lee, Harriet Tubman (as nurse of the runaway slave hospital), and Edgar Allen Poe.
Annika, striking a pose in a former cistern--interesting fact, they were never able to find fresh water on Fort Monroe, though they drilled to depths of 900'. All of their fresh water had to be brought over from the mainland.
Happy 4th of July!
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Thanks for the phone call this morning!