Dan decided that for his 30th birthday he wanted to take advantage of our location and take a road trip to see the sights. We loaded up the car and drove to Williamsburg, VA. We crashed in our hotel at a very late (am) hour.
The next morning we drove over to Jamestown, VA. They have a living history museum that depicts the the arrival of the European settlers in America and their interactions with the Native Americans.
Cute Picture of Dan and Madison
Pointing to Georgia on the map
This is a replica of the Jamestown Fort. It was incredible. The actors wandered around in costume and talked to you as if they were from that era. It was all very real right down to the brooms made out of twigs, the spears and bows, swords, cannons, and chickens running around.
We were able to try on the very heavy armor and chain-mail.
We were able to see the process of creating canoes from fallen trees.
This is a replica of the original ship that sailed from England to Jamestown.
We were able to go all over the ship and see the tiny bunks, huge ropes, latrines, riggings, even the type of games they would have played down below.
This is a replica of the homes that the Native Americans lived in. Maddie's favorite part was the pestles where they ground the corn to make"tortillas." The huts were filled with furs and tools that the Native Americans used in their daily lives. The tools were made out of bones, feathers, hides, and rawhide. I must admit that I was a little grossed out by the bones that served as the the base for most of the tools. They also had a huge indoor museum that we were not able to take pictures of but was truly amazing.
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