The reproduction of Captain John Smith's shallop visited Hancock's Resolution Park in Pasadena on Thursday, July 26, 2007. The "Captain John Smith Four Hundred Project" crew spent the night at Hancock's Resolution Park and left early the next morning. Hancock's Resolution neighbor's George and Joyce Bucci graciously allowed the crew to dock the shallop at their pier. |
"Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation" - John Smith This week's commute to Baltimore is 40 miles. Please, at this stage of the game we'll have to drag our keels just to keep from arriving early. So we are. This afternoon, after receiving a tour of an historic 1785 farm house [Hancock's Resolution] on Bodkin Creek, we chased after the most beautiful of all things: The synthesized bell chime of an ice cream truck and enjoyed the sweet confections therein. In a few days we'll be a small wonder in a big city. Before any of the megalopolis theatrics, Smith was faced with a lofty task, extirpate his crew's fear of dying in a foreign place and inspire them to continue the voyage (voyage 1). Remember, there was no Indian support in this part of the Bay, and the Patapsco River proved to be an arduous place to explore sans local assistance. To foment his crew's confidence, he tells them, "You should abandon these childish fears, for worse than has passed is not likely to happen again, and there is as much danger to return as to proceed". John Mann is from Baltimore. He's been looking forward to returning home, by boat, for a while now. His take on the entire John Smith verses the modern American city is this, "Concrete and steel never agreed better to frame a city for man's habitation". Well said. |
