Discover the reasons to pack your RV and head down to the Colonial Triangle of Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestowne Virginia. Mark, Kat, CJ, and the CampgroundViews.com team take you on a tour of the historic area and discover fun, fear, and disturbing history in this American getaway. From our homebase at the Williamsburg KOA the journey starts with a trip to Jamestowne via the Colonial Parkway. At Jamestowne we discover disturbing history from the first English settlement... hint these early arrivers had something in common with the Donner Party! Leaving Jamestowne we cruise the full length of the Colonial Parkway to Yorktown and the historic battlefield where the American Revolutionaries sealed our country's fate with a decisive victory over the British. Then it's off to a ghost tour of Colonial Williamsburg with Colonial Ghost Tours and unlike the Ghost Hunter shows on TV we actually have spooky stuff happen. Back in the daylight we rediscover the historic side of this renovated living history museum. Finally, we explore the free Jamestown - Surry Ferry with the car. See the historic Jamestown Settlement from the deck of a fast moving vehicle ferry. This is Episode 9 of the RV Video Series produced by CampgroundViews.com. Designed to give you great ideas for your next camping adventure we work to find the unique and interesting available to RV and tent campers when they travel to a region. The historic triangle of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown becomes travelers from around the world but is an even more impressive visit in your RV. Learn more about the featured destinations using the following links: http://www.williamsburgkoa.com/ 757-565-2907 https://colonialghosts.com/ 757-598-1805 http://www.CampgroundViews.com is what would happen if Zillow went camping with Youtube. We already have 10% of ALL places to camp on film so you can better plan your next great adventure. Help increase this number by filming your favorite camping places and remember to subscribe to our Youtube channel to get auto updates when we post new videos. Read the text of the video Welcome to Williamsburg Virginia A great place to hang out and see historic sites including Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown. We're here for a couple weeks to find the interesting and unique to give you a reason to bring the RV here. Colonial Williamsburg is called the Historic Triangle specifically because it is shaped like a triangle on a map The three destinations Yorktown Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg are all connected by the Colonial Parkway. During our journey we started at Jamestown and that's Jamestowne with an "E" because there are actually two parts in Jamestown. There's the Colonial Williamsburg part and the actual National Park site of Jamestown. The site of Jamestowne is currently undergoing an archaeological dig and what's incredible about this in visiting this location here in 2015 is that back when I was in school about five years ago or so maybe it's longer but we didn't learn about this interesting fact and they have it in the museum here during their dig about two years ago they found a skeleton with signs of... get this cannibalism! Yep the first English colony and they are eating people. Leaving Jamestowne and that disturbing piece of history we went over to Yorktown Yorktown as the site of where the American Revolutionaries spanked the British and essentially turned the tide of the war The redoubts and fortifications are still here along with the Victory Monument it's a fitting end in a unique place to go learn and discover American history. Back on the Colonial Parkway we head Colonial Williamsburg although on this trip. We are going to do something different... we are going to go on a tour. We are here in Colonial Ghosts tours. The tour takes you through old Williamsburg shows you tells you about mysterious ghosts that live and maybe still in this area. the fun thing about this is that its something a little bit different takes place in a historic area Williamsbirg has a ton of history and reportedly a ton of ghosts. See your guides take you on a journey tell you the different stories where people reported seeing ghosts and puts in your mind that they may still be there we didn't see any ghosts at least I didn't I don't think but A boy is seen running across sunken gardens without a shirt on effortless as if floating in air .. Okay I'm creeped out now. The legends and stories are actually documented so they are possibly true. You do get a creepy feeling walking around at dusk and on our trip it was drizzling and raining Well its been an interesting night here at the Colonial Ghosts tours we've had nothing but electronic problems which we never have before I kid you not our microphones never go out they are flawless work amazingly well. You have seen us take them mountain biking, ziplining all over the place they work great here we are walking around the Colonial city or Williamsburg and the Mic has gone out no less than four times coincidence I don't know speaking of which I'm now out here in the dark all alone and the tour is gone! I better go catch up Colonial Ghosts tours will give you a different impression of Williamsburg. It's a lot of fun and a great way to learn some of the darker history and spooky stories around the city so if you're in Williamsburg give them a call the tours are inexpensive lots of fun and great for kids and adults We had a blast out there. Returning back to Colonial Williamsburg during the daylight hours we enjoyed walking the streets checking out the old Victorian style homes A side note on Colonial Williamsburg is it was reestablish by the Rockefellers and restored into this living history museum Colonial Williamsburg is also home to William and Mary College the second oldest University in the US and one that has a British charter. The school has historic buildings and this the original building has been standing since the 1800s well not the original building but one of the original buildings and oldest building on the campus. So if you find yourself bored with the touristy stuff we found something that's neat free and kinda cool take your car on the Jamestown ferry. It crosses the river here the James River specifically right next to the Jamestown Settlement so you do a trip out and a trip back it's fun for the kids and get out the car walk around the ferry and you can also see what the landing would look like if you are back at 1600 in a wooden boat with about 100 people on it... No I guess it wouldn't be anything like that but it gives you an idea of what the shoreline looks like and it's a fun thing to do in the area. There you have it that's our time here in Williamsburg if you haven't been get in the RV and come down here thank you KOA Williamsburg for allowing us to stay here and terrorize your RV park for a while look forward to see you again right here at CampgroundViews.com I am Mark Koep... good-bye