Saturday, September 28, 2013

Cracker Country!

Cracker Country!



The girls ended up having so much fun
they wanted to stay longer!


Live Bluegrass music outside...
 


So much to see...




Hellooooooooo?!.......


Life before cell phones?!
 

 

They didn't have traffic lights back then so
they used these colored lanterns to direct traffic.

 
No electric heaters to keep you warm either!
 
 
 Model train display
 


 
Pine needle baskets
 


 
 
 

Gillian made some new friends!


Reed basket making 
  





 
Nice picture pose...
 

Silly picture pose!

 
Old school house
 


No hand sanitizer back then,
this was where they washed their hands.

 
Woman demonstrating how to play a
hammered dulcimer in the Church.
 


 
Then some of the girls got the
chance to try it out
 




Laundry day demonstration.
Girls were glad this wasn't the way they
had to earn that laundry patch!













A 5 lb. iron is heavier than it looks!



YUM! Trying some fresh made butter on crackers!



Tasting fresh made honey at the
bee keeping and honey demonstration.
 








Candle making out of beeswax












Twisting a rope





 
Cow roping demonstration


 

 
Girls did great!
 
 
Potato sack racing!!!
Ready....set.....


GO!!!!!!!






 


 
Such a FUN DAY!!
 
 
 

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