Plymouth

What do you do when there is a free day to go to see the Mayflower and Plimouth Plantation...go really early in hopes to beat the crowds. We started our adventure at 7 am to make the drive and meet up with some friends for a fun filled day!

The Rock!

Our first stop was the Mayflower II.

David received this cool hat in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa Deskins. It was the perfect day to wear it and help stay cool right on the coast.

I was amazed at the Mayflower and the many things they used in 1620 to navigate and keep track of there location, all made of wood.

Allison had to have her own picture and not be with the others.

This is the size of one of the sailors beds.

We then went down the road a few miles to the plantation where they lived after the seven months of living on the Mayflower. We saw the Wampanoag Homesite. We were able to see inside there homes made of the bark of cedar trees, which keep away bugs.

See a clam bake. We also saw children eating out of a gourd bowl a mixture of cornmeal, strawberries, blueberries and hazelnuts. It looked like mush.

Stand inside a canoe made out of a hollowed out tree. We also watched them burn the inside out of another one. David was most amazed at the lack of clothes the men wear and the simple toys the children played with. He liked the trying to get a collection of moose knuckle bones on a leg bone.

Watching the fan go in his hat.

We then went to the 1627 English Village. David was so interested in this and going into EVERY home and place. The kids all loved the hay inside one of the buildings and thought we needed to get one in our own yard. Who needs a trampoline when you have piles of hay.

or toys when you can play with sticks and dirt in the street.

The wood piles were huge next to the oven to cook all the bread.

taking a break in the backyard of someone's house.

We learned about thatching roofs and how long they last.

Allison mastered a form of bowling where you try to only hit the center stick down.

The view from the top was incredible (not so fun to push a stroller up the hill of loose sand) but worth it. The building was a meeting place and the top floor was full of cannons. David loved climbing on them and looking out at the water and spotting light houses.

What a day!