Mittelstaedt -15- vacation 2012

Vacation 2012

10 July - 9 August
a tour of places in eastern USA

the R-pod travel trailer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a map of our travels

Monday - Tuesday, 30 - 31 July 2012

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~ Mariners Museum, Newport News VA - Monticello, VA ~

After visiting Historic Jamestown National Park in the morning we grabbed a quick bite
at a drive-through, then drove South to Newport News, VA to find the Mariners Museum.

Lion guarding the bridge to the bridge over a creek and the park in which the Mariners Museum is located.
This is the rear entrance. We got confused by the GPS and entered the back way. As it turned out, it was more interesting that way.

This museum displays the stunning Crabtree collection of model ships, and also is noted for its small craft collection.
It also has a great collection of Age of Discovery items as well as a fair amount on the U.S. Navy,
An exhibit on ship sinkings (Titanic etc.) and a collection of local watercraft.
We arrived with only a limited amount of time to visit... so we made the most of it.

Entrance

The weathervane out front. It seems the wind was out of the Northeast.

Some models from the Crabtree Collection

the work of August and Winnifred Crabtree

An ancient Egyptian boat.

Egyptian boat...stern view

Mora the flagship of William the Conqueror - 1066 - much like Viking ships.

Santa Maria and Pinta from Columbus fleet.

Venetian Galleass - 1650 - scale .25 inch to 1 foot

The detail on this model is spectacular.

Port side stern quarter

Stern view

Starboard stern quarter

Starboard forward quarter

dugout and primitive raft - added by Crabtree for completness

Dutch Royal Yacht (jacht) - 1660

Stern of the yacht of Charles II (of England)
on which he took his girl friends out for parties.
General form of the yacht was after the Dutch style, though the Dutch were more practical.