I can’t believe I haven’t posted a blog entry in a whole year. Well, almost a year. During that year I did some traveling, and one of my favorite trips was another week at Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown. I absolutely love that place and wish I lived close enough to walk its streets every day.

As last year, the visit involved a lot of walking. According to my FitBit, 8,000 to 15,000 steps a day. Of course, at 74 years of age, with a bum knee and arthritic hip, it also involved a lot of stops to rest and wait for my pain to subside. Still, it was nowhere near as painful as my previous visit.

This time around I stayed in one of the historic taverns. Market Square Tavern, to be specific. If you’re not familiar with Colonial Williamsburg, Market Square Tavern sits on the edge of — duh — Market Square. And, another duh, inside the square is a market. Also inside the square is the Magazine, a large, heavily-built structure in which muskets and gunpowder were stored in the 1700’s. I tell you this because I enjoyed my stay in the tavern — and you need the tavern and square information for what follows.

One of my strongest memories from this visit was the candle-lit Haunted Walking Tour. Nearing the end of our tour I told our guide that everything (paranormal) he had told us about took place inside the buildings we had visited during the tour, and asked him if there had ever been anything reported outside. He said yes. And then (having absolutely no clue who I was or where I was staying), asked if anyone was staying in the Market Square Tavern. I sheepishly raised my hand. First floor? Yes. Facing the magazine in the middle of market square?. Yes. He then said many people have reported, around 2:00 in the morning, being awakened by the sounds of someone digging RIGHT OUTSIDE MY WINDOW. When these people looked out the window, they saw a one-armed soldier trying to find his amputated arm.