RachelNinja
Sometimes I'd rather live in VMK than in real life
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2007
That afternoon, we went to Walmart. Walmart is awesome with all of its Disney stuff! I saw these Eeyore pants, but I didn't buy them because I just couldn't justify the expense. I have black ones with Mickey on them, but I don't love Eeyore as much.
For dinner that night, I just had soup. Haha, considering the trip was in August 08 and it is now March 09, I don't remember what soup I had. Weird and Ninja enjoyed it though. They enjoy all the meals they share together.
The next morning, I made potato pancakes for breakfast. I don't know why I decided to make a massive pancake for the last batch instead of a Mickey head! I should work on my Mickey head pancakes.
Weird and Ninja had an outing planned. They were heading over to Jamestown! Yay for more learning! This kind of learning was fun though because they were allowed to touch everything!
There was a small Powhatan village there that Weird and Ninja explored first. Here are some dancing poles set up.
Each pole had a unique face. It was kind of frightening standing in the middle of them all, but the two were insistent that they get a picture to show you readers.
Here is some dead animal skin!
These are the huts that the Powhatan Indians live in. They seem kind of small, but in actuality, they're pretty big!
We went inside the houses to check those out. The first one had a ton of dead animal carcasses in it! Well, the fur at least. This one was a bit creepy because the whole place was covered with animals! My mom didn't even want to step inside, she was content to just peer through the door. I bravely went in because Weird and Ninja wanted to get a picture with the wolf.
Racoon tails. And the thing is, you're allowed to touch everything ... haha, not that I touched this ...
This was probably the creepiest one and it was the first one we saw too! So seeing all those animal furs was a bit much!
Grinding some corn!
Bird feathers ... with the bird still there? Didn't want to find out!
We went into a house that was a little different on the inside because of partitions. So we walked alongside a partition, kind of like a hallway, and then we saw this HUGE monstrosity! It is a huge black bear! Or ... it was a huge black bear.
Later one of the reenactors asked if we saw the chief's house. We didn't know which one it was and she said it was the one that had the huge black bear in it! She then asked if we touched it and we said we didn't because we were a little intimidated by its size! Unfortunately you can't really see it in this picture. I wanted to get my brother in the picture for a size comparison, but he was really scared (I don't blame him!).
Oh yeah, the woman also told my mom that this black bear got hit by a Mack truck. So they got it, ate the meat, and then that's why they have the fur. It was a 400 pound bear!
Building a campfire. Haha, I feel like Weird and Ninja got pretty dirty during this trip!
Getting ready to roast veggies!
This is a scarecrow hut. Again we learned this from that same woman. She told my mom that someone like my mom would go up there with us kids and stay there to scare away any birds or animals who wanted to eat our food.
There was a rooster and lots of hens running around. This guy kept cockle-doodle-doo-ing!
Weird and Ninja hanging out with an assortment of baskets and "bowls" (ie. like that turtle shell).
Then they wanted to sit on the chair with fur that I just sat on. They thought it was very soft!
We were starting to feel a bit drained being on our feet for so long (there was actually an indoor museum that we went through before the Powhatan village - pictures weren't allowed). We took a break and had a Chipwich since we didn't want to walk all the way back to buy food for lunch and the only thing available there was an ice cream cart. Plus, it was getting pretty hot.
For dinner that night, I just had soup. Haha, considering the trip was in August 08 and it is now March 09, I don't remember what soup I had. Weird and Ninja enjoyed it though. They enjoy all the meals they share together.
The next morning, I made potato pancakes for breakfast. I don't know why I decided to make a massive pancake for the last batch instead of a Mickey head! I should work on my Mickey head pancakes.
Weird and Ninja had an outing planned. They were heading over to Jamestown! Yay for more learning! This kind of learning was fun though because they were allowed to touch everything!
There was a small Powhatan village there that Weird and Ninja explored first. Here are some dancing poles set up.
Each pole had a unique face. It was kind of frightening standing in the middle of them all, but the two were insistent that they get a picture to show you readers.
Here is some dead animal skin!
These are the huts that the Powhatan Indians live in. They seem kind of small, but in actuality, they're pretty big!
We went inside the houses to check those out. The first one had a ton of dead animal carcasses in it! Well, the fur at least. This one was a bit creepy because the whole place was covered with animals! My mom didn't even want to step inside, she was content to just peer through the door. I bravely went in because Weird and Ninja wanted to get a picture with the wolf.
Racoon tails. And the thing is, you're allowed to touch everything ... haha, not that I touched this ...
This was probably the creepiest one and it was the first one we saw too! So seeing all those animal furs was a bit much!
Grinding some corn!
Bird feathers ... with the bird still there? Didn't want to find out!
We went into a house that was a little different on the inside because of partitions. So we walked alongside a partition, kind of like a hallway, and then we saw this HUGE monstrosity! It is a huge black bear! Or ... it was a huge black bear.
Later one of the reenactors asked if we saw the chief's house. We didn't know which one it was and she said it was the one that had the huge black bear in it! She then asked if we touched it and we said we didn't because we were a little intimidated by its size! Unfortunately you can't really see it in this picture. I wanted to get my brother in the picture for a size comparison, but he was really scared (I don't blame him!).
Oh yeah, the woman also told my mom that this black bear got hit by a Mack truck. So they got it, ate the meat, and then that's why they have the fur. It was a 400 pound bear!
Building a campfire. Haha, I feel like Weird and Ninja got pretty dirty during this trip!
Getting ready to roast veggies!
This is a scarecrow hut. Again we learned this from that same woman. She told my mom that someone like my mom would go up there with us kids and stay there to scare away any birds or animals who wanted to eat our food.
There was a rooster and lots of hens running around. This guy kept cockle-doodle-doo-ing!
Weird and Ninja hanging out with an assortment of baskets and "bowls" (ie. like that turtle shell).
Then they wanted to sit on the chair with fur that I just sat on. They thought it was very soft!
We were starting to feel a bit drained being on our feet for so long (there was actually an indoor museum that we went through before the Powhatan village - pictures weren't allowed). We took a break and had a Chipwich since we didn't want to walk all the way back to buy food for lunch and the only thing available there was an ice cream cart. Plus, it was getting pretty hot.