My In-laws are visiting this week, so we have been busy enjoying the local sights with them. On Sunday, we drove to the South Coast town of Plymouth, Ma, site of the 17th Century Plymouth Colony where the passengers of the Mayflower settled. Plimoth Plantation is a re-creation of that colony, and includes a re-created Wampanoag home site, as well. The Plymouth Colony portion is staffed by costumed historians who play the role of various members of the colony. Their knowledge, accents and attention to detail is so impressive. Of course, visitors were constantly trying to trick them into speaking in modern terms but I never saw the staff break out of character. Seeing the well built, but still drafty and dank, homes that people lived in made me feel so grateful for the comfort we live in today and impressed by what they were able to accomplish without our modern conveniences.
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| Looking down through the center of the 17th century English village towards the Atlantic Ocean. So beautiful! |
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| Woman in 17th Century garb turning the hay. I can't imagine how hot she was with the many layers of clothes and underclothes. |
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| Willow in costume as a colonist. She gave us a very serious demonstration of life in the colony. This experience really captured her imagination! | |
Admission to the museum includes admission to the Mayflower II, a full scale, working re-creation of the Mayflower. It was amazing to see what the 102 passengers (and assorted animals!) endured during the two month journey on the tiny ship!
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| Mayflower II |
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| The building behind Willow houses Plymouth Rock. |
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| Plymouth Rock in its little cage. Not the most impressive sight to behold (and only representative of the place where settlers first set foot) |
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| The building surrounding it is pretty in this setting, though. |
I love living villages! LOVE! Looks amazing!
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