The kids, myself, and their cousin made a little trip to the nearby George Washington Birthplace for a mini-Saturday field trip. The park was hosting exhibits for the 4-H Club. On site you could visit and talk with a blacksmith, a colonial time cook in the kitchen, and talk with colonial ladies on how to use a spinning wheel. The girls are finishing up the "Farmer Boy" book in the Little House on the Prairie series and many of the skillsets that were presented at the Birthplace were also used in the Farmer Boy book. I just wonder what would it be like to live such a simplified life in today's era.
It ended up being a beautiful day outside. After talking to the Colonial people, we ate our picnic lunch and then ventured out to the water to walk the bridge. The kids couldn't help themselves. They just had to throw something in the water. They started out skipping rocks and soon I found them lugging big logs and launching them into the water!
Thankfully, we were the only ones at the bridge and weren't escorted out by any Park Rangers.
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