Fort Monroe is located at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. It was built to protect the area from sea invasions, and fortifications at the site date back to the early 1600's.
The fort was beautifully built into the ground, surrounded by a moat.
Inside the walls were houses (still occupied - although not by their original inhabitants!) and gardens.
Jefferson Davis spent time here after the Civil War, in a cell designed for him.
Lee also lived here before the war...
Later that day we drove down to Norfolk and hopped aboard a sailboat.
I love sailing, so it has become a bit of a tradition to go sailing at least once during every ocean vacation.
Libby was not enamored of being cooped up on a boat for over an hour.
Hopefully she will grow to appreciate the rock of a boat, the laugh of seagulls, and the flap of sails filling with wind....
Someday...
=)
One of the boat accessory you need most is the Stearns boat covers, to protect your new boat from dirt, sun and weather.
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