Who, you ask?

Whad'ya mean "who's Virginia Dare?"



What are you, some kind of half a moron or something? Well, in spite of your obvious lack of a basic elementary education in American History and a clearly inferior intellect, we will explain just what led us on the search for Virginia Dare and exactly who she was.



In 1587, a group of approximately 115 English settlers, including women and children, landed on the beach of what is now known as Roanoke Island, NC. When supplies ran low shortly after their arrival, John White, their leader and Grandfather of Virginia Dare, the first English child to be born on American soil, decided to make the trip back to England for assistance. Due to the fact that most of England's ships were fully engaged in defending the country from possible invasion by Spain, his return was delayed and when he finally arrived back at the island, all trace of the colonists were gone, but for the word CROATAN, carved into a tree.



In the last 400 years, many theories have been presented as to just what may have happened to the colonists; from their being beset upon by a nearby tribe of Croatan Indians, to an epidemic illness, to the following (and our personal favorite) so eloquently offered by our own "George Martyn". On a scorching August day at Roanoke, similar to one the colonists may have experienced, he sagely surmised, "Ya know what?! I know what happened to those people. I think they packed up and left this place because it's too f@#king hot!"



Likely as "George's" well thought out hypothesis would seem to be, our human curiosity compels us to dig deeper into the mystery of the disappearance of these brave pioneers. It is therefore that we dedicate this year's vacation to discovering...............



"Where, Oh Where, is Virginia Dare?"



email us at: lookingforvirginia@gmail.com

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Blue Ridge Zip Line Canopy Tour!

We took the hour long zip line tour today in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  It was one of the coolest things we've ever done.  With platforms 60 feet high and lines running the length of one and a half football fields, we got up to speeds of 50 mph.  It was a total blast!  The two young gentlemen that were our guides were super cute too!

Wenefrid and Margaret, giving the thumbs up!
Clement opted in at the last minute!  So glad he did!
Strapping up!

How do I work these things?
Am I doing this right?
Ready to go!
It's pretty high up there!
Margaret at the final platform.  She never missed a beat.
Agnes puts on the brakes.  Took her a time or two to get the hang of that...

Humphrey was doing twists and spins!  An expert from the start.
Peter rocks the last landing!
Clement zipping by.
Peter stepping up to unhook at the final platform.
Elizabeth floated into every platform "like a vapor on the soft summer air".

Clement sticks the final platform!

And Wenefrid tries to kill the guide.....


Finally, we were all on solid ground again!  Awesome!
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