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So, Devin bookends our day today 😂 We went out to explore Colonial Williamsburg today and I was really happy the weather cooperated as much as possible. No rain, lots of sun, but it was definitely chilly at 50 degrees with substantial wind. However, the kids were troopers.

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That said, I was not happy with the experience. I just, never really felt like it was clear where or what we should do today, which was super frustrating because it was a substantial ticket expense (more than $140 for our family I think). We went to the visitors center for directions and we were handed a map and funneled to a bus… The bus didn't have signage or directions regarding the number placement or purpose of the stops and we couldn't stand or sit together so we just got off at the first stop and decided to figure it out on our own. We approached the governor's palace and Ben wanted to see it, so we went in and it was a 30 minute tour. It was fine. Just fine. The palace wasn't original, it was rebuilt and most of the furniture and decor was time period correct but just antiques purchased to decorate with… Nothing particularly memorable. Then we left and walked .. and walked… And walked … In search of anything interesting for the kids and also drinks because the kids were thirsty.

The vending machines were broken and we just mostly walked past a mixture of old and "re built" buildings. They had flags in front of buildings you could go into and tour, but no idea of what was actually inside and they were all rather small and crowded… We went into two more buildings, a bakery, which was a straight shot, not super like educational or historical, just basically "walk through this building, pick things, buy things, and leave". Then the second building was an armory or something and we tried to go in, a staff member needed to come in and walk around us, and while we moved out of the way, 6 more people pushed past us, crowding us out of the room, so we left.

So we left. We walked back because there was no signage detailing when the shuttle could be expected to show up and drive us out. Devin gave up walking and needed carried, but we made it out.