Oct 26
Lost In The Woods/ Henricus Settlement
I went out and took a bunch of photos for the newcomer’s guide I’m working on today. It was overcast and drizzling but not really raining until sometime after lunch. So I went to several places and then drove down to the large state park in this area and started exploring. The trees were looking very nice and I took some photos.
And then at one point I left the path to take a photo and found another path. I thought “this must curve around and rejoin the one I was on”. Why did I think this?
Good question. So after walking for about an hour and taking lots
of photos I gave up the idea that I was headed back to anywhere
familiar and called 911. The lady on the line was friendly and
said she would call the park ranger. Then after awhile he called and
said he would come out and get me.
Cell phones are so cool.
While I was waiting this guy came out of the woods with a gun
hanging on his back. He looked a little bit like a hobbit. Or maybe
Rip Van Winkle. But he was friendly and we had a nice talk about
deer and people who get lost in the woods.
After the park ranger showed up I decided to go back to the car and
drive over to the James River and Henricus. This is one of the first
settlements in the new world. It’s a small fort overlooking the James
River that was established about four hundred years ago.
So I talked with another guy who also had a gun at Henricus. Only
his gun was a very old musket. We had a very interesting discussion
about life in the early days and then he showed me how he loaded and
fired his gun.
Beth is down in Charleston SC this weekend for a wedding so I
probably would have just sat around the house if it wasn’t for
photography. Instead of doing that I met some interesting people, got
a whole lot of exercise, had an adventure and fed my creative spirit.
Here’s a photo of the guy in Henricus taking aim and firing his gun.
