The Plimoth Plantation

Mary Anne:

 After Boston, we headed down to Plymouth, and saw a replica of the Mayflower, called Mayflower 2. There were a few people dressed up from the 17^th century scattered about the ship, acting as if they had just landed the real Mayflower. We could ask them questions about the journey to America and about the ship, and they would answer as if they had just landed.

 Afterwards we headed up to Plimoth Plantation, which is a little village of pilgrims, all dressed and in character, and all living in little houses and tending gardens and taking care of animals. They all acted as if they actually lived there, making their own food and eating it, sweeping and cleaning their houses, tending their gardens, cutting wood, etc. 

Jackie helped grind corn to make flour.

Caleb helped saw logs.

Caleb is doing 9 pin bowling.

Caleb says he is shooting Steven from the cannon.

Steven watches me fall on stilts and is like; “I can’t believe you fell. It’s really easy! Let me show you.”

Steven showing me how not to walk on stilts.

Katie Marie just plopped herself on the ground and looked at rocks.

We got dressed up in typical Pilgrim clothes and pretended to be pilgrims.

 We had a really fun time! It was really cool to see how pilgrims lived and to meet them all.

A short walk from the pilgrim village was a Wampanoag tribe.

Katie Marie playing a native game.

A typical winter home.

The pelts that kept them warm.

Outside kitchen.

 It was kind of funny that our family does a lot of the same things the people in the early days did (grow food in their own gardens, grind their own flour, make our own bread, collect eggs, chop wood, get water from a spring, etc).  But we're not quite ready to live exclusively in a movable tent like the one Ruthie's standing in front of, all crowded together for weeks on end.  Oh wait, that's exactly what we're doing on this sabbatical!  Maybe we would have made a good native or pilgrim! J