(old camera today, hence the poor quality photos)
Wow, what a day!! Conner Prairie in Fishers, IN (just NW of Indy)
It took 2h20min to get there, and an extra 1/2h to get home due to traffic jams.
I'd classify it as a colonial village.
We started out the day going up (I think 387 feet) in a hot air balloon!!
It's called the '1859 Balloon Voyage' and is based on actual events in Lafayette, IN at that time.
Then we went through the Indian reservation camp, and obviously looked inside some long houses.
A Butterfly landed on Sophie's shoe!!!
Off to candle dipping...
And doing the laundry (the boys carried water buckets from the hand pump)
3 cousins, aren't they cute!!
Wool carding
Playing several different games
Mowing the lawn!!
Petting the animals (goats, chicks, horses, cats, you name it, it was probably pet today by my kids)
Fun was had by all!! We saw 3 different time eras, early 1800's-end 1800's. We saw 2 different school houses, meeting halls, doctors, blacksmiths, potters, etc. I think the best part was when you talked to them they would only answer as if it were that time period. ie. the doctor was talking about a new medical discovery, a vaccine to small pox. Someone asked how antibiotics compare in revelation to vaccines. The doctor said, 'you talk about vaccines with an s, as if there were more than one, and what is an antibiotic?'
The girls were asked if they could read and write, and the girl who asked went on to say that her paw didn't believe in girls reading, their place is in the home.
It was fun, and eventho it was a LOT of driving it was worth it :)
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