Trail of History

A friend invited us to join them at the Trail of History at the end of October.  We had so much fun with great friends and even had awesome weather.

The day before, at Lucy's soccer game, the boys found 3 "walking sticks" that we brought along for the hike to the campsite.

 Popping popcorn.

 Putting on a bayonet.

 He asked Caleb what he would do if someone came at you.  I wish I had a photo of his flinch.

 More Muskets

 Candle Making

 Fencing demo

 More canldes

 Making linen thread.

 Weaving belts.

 Blacksmith

 Toby found his friend Toby the dog, who was on the scavenger hunt.

 Bagpiper.  He told of how the modern bagpipe came and played all the old versions too.

 Grinding corn.

 Jugglers.  By far the highlight for the kids (we ended up seeing the show twice).

 This was the other highlight.  We got to sign the kids up to be endentured servants.  They went in and were told to do various chores.  All the parents had to stay on the outside and were all commenting on how this seemed too easy to get them to work.

 Toby decided halfway through he was not interested.  The guy was trying to find him something he wanted to do, but everyone got a great laugh from his faces.

 Bullet making.

 Cornhusk doll making. This was my favorite part. At first Caleb didn't want to participate, but when we told him he could make a boy doll with a sword he decided to join in.