Plimoth Plantation and the Maine Beach

Thursday night (9-22)

There were three on the bed and the little one said, "Roll over..." :)

Ditto

Friday 

The replica of the Mayflower sailed over from England in 1957. They called it Mayflower II. How original :)

The beds in the ship did not look too comfortable, plus it had to sleep probably 3 people! Danny must have thought it was OK :)

Betsy looking adorable as always

The re-enacting sailor sang a song for us with his instrument made of 2 bones. It was very interesting. :) He looked like the perfect sailor, sitting on the coiled ropes!

Betsy and Sarah made a new friend--and she wears skirts too! (I remember asking a re-enactor many many years back if she wore skirts all the time--"cause we do too"!)

Imagine having all your food made in this...

...and eating this all the time!

Next we went to Plymouth rock. It was much smaller than I thought it would be! (Angela says, "...and much more over-rated than the Liberty Bell!") (She's right.)

Next was Plimoth Plantation (sic), where they had a Wompanoag homesite and an English village. We watched a video first--and were the ONLY ones in the theater! (That was a first :)

Dad and Danny were able to get front row seats (that was a miracle considering how many people crowded that theater!)

When we were at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, we talked with a couple of re-enactors in a little hut in the English fort (from 1627). The man had a few pieces of armor that he had “brought over from England.” He let Dad try them on, and Dad asked for a picture with him.
“Oh, a pitcher?” He said. “The only pitcher I have is this one, here.”He slid his clay pitcher across the table to Dad. (These re-enactors act so stupid about modern things. Man, really?)
Dad said, “No, a picture.”
“Dad, just stand by him and smile,” I said. He did, and I took the picture. The man didn’t do anything, just kept sitting in his chair. “Yea, you can stand next to me. I don’t see any harm in that, nay.”
Dad started teasing him. “He doesn’t know what a camera is, either.” “Aye,” he said. “It is Latin for a dark room.”
“That’s interesting. Do you know what a cell phone is?” Dad said. “Nay. But we could go both ways. Do you know what [____] is?” (He rattled off this super huge Old English word.) Dad laughed.“We could go on all day,” the man said. 

They also mentioned that the Lord would probably return soon, with all the fighting going on between nations. I wanted so bad to say something like, “Sorry, but He won’t for four hundred more years at least.” Probably would have ruined their day—or week.  Another funny thing… every time they would say “know” or “unknown” the ‘K’ wouldn’t be silent! I tried not to giggle too loud.  Also, they would say ‘ed’ words like ‘sail-ed’ and ‘cook-ed.’ And they never messed up on any of it. And their accents? Out of this world. Makes you wonder if they talk Old English at home too, so they stay in the habit. It was perfect!

Next stop: Old Orchard Beach in Maine! (Saturday)

It's summer again! ..?

Betsy was unbelievably excited--her first time in the ocean.

Angela finds the true child's spirit in her as she bravely steps out into the ocean.

Angela found this...thing, and what does she do with it? Fling it at me, of course. She almost scared me half to death. Dad wanted to dry it to put in one of his smoothies!

I had to.

The sun finally peeked out!!!!

The pier was adorable. Not to mention the kids standing in front of it! ;)

Dad bought these huge jawbreakers to keep the littles happy and quiet on the road. Two days later, they're still working on them!

Vermont was gorgeous! We drove through at the perfect time--all the leaves were changing colors. I tried to get pictures of everyone... 

But when I tried to take one of Kelly, this was all I got from her: 

WOW. What can I say?

I guess she felt bad later, though, and consented to have her picture taken with Dad. What a good girl! Gotta love her to pieces. I guess that wraps up my post! Can't wait to see everyone again!