Follow Fall Migrations to Elegant Williamsburg

The sun is riding lower in the sky. It's still dark when the alarm rings and the skies are gray with dusk on the drive home from work. Fall is slowly creeping across the country, bringing crisp days, cool nights and falling leaves. In the north feeders that just weeks ago were crowded with birds are nearly empty. The skies are filled with the "V" formations of migrating geese honking their way across the sky. In the evening clouds of birds swirl over dessicated farm fields to scratch among the dying cornstalks before taking flight again. It's migration season and the flocks are heading south, as am I to a delightful Williamsburg, Virginia timeshare.

Just northeast of the Williamsburg timeshare I'm calling home for the week, less than an hour's drive away, is one of the nation's premier birding sites in the Chesapeake Bay area. The Presquile National Wildlife Refuge along the James River offers numerous parks, hiking trails and scenic drives from which migrating flocks can be observed.

The Virginia Bird and Wildlife Trail Guide is an excellent resource packed with well-known and obscure hiking trails, scenic drives, parks and historic sites of interest to birders and non-birders alike. The book can be purchased for $8.50 at www.dgif.virginia.gov/vbwt or by calling 866-748-2298. Additional bird-watching information is available at http://www.virginiabirding.com/ and at the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory site at http://www.cvwo.org/.

Fall is one of my favorite times of year to be in Williamsburg. There are so many lovely timeshares to choose from on Timeshare Giant. This time I'm combining luxury with colonial elegance at Marriott's Manor Club at Ford's Colony (right). Spend an exhilarating day hiking, biking, horseback riding, golfing on the championship golf course or visiting the numerous nearby attractions.

Return home to your timeshare for a revitalizing steam in the sauna and a luxurious soak in the hot tub before enjoying a sumptuous dinner in the award-winning dining room at Ford's Colony. End your evening with a cozy snuggle in front of the fireplace. My idea of a perfect fall day!

Marriott's Manor Club at Ford's Colony offers superior amenities in elegantly appointed villas with privately screened porches overlooking the magnificent golf course fairways and gardens. The 54-hole course was designed by golf's legendary Dan Maples. For more information on Marriott's Manor Club at Ford's Colony, click the post title. You'll find a nice variety of Williamsburg timeshares for purchase or rent on the Timeshare Giant website; just click here for a complete listing.

If this is your first trip to Williamsburg, you'll want to take a walk back in time to the 18th century historic community of Colonial Williamsburg. You can visit with authentically dressed tradespeople and see how things were done in colonial times. Make sure you take a horse-drawn carriage ride in the evening as the as the streetlights are lit -- by candlelight! Jamestown settlement and Busch Gardens are just two of many excellent nearby attractions. Owning a timeshare allows you to return again and again to experience all that Williamsburg has to offer.