Jamestown!!!!!!!!

Today we went to Jamestown!

First we went to the glass shop. The visitor's center wasn't open yet, so we were told to visit the glass shop. It was really interesting!

First, the glass was heated up to 2,400 degrees and turned orange because it was so hot. The natural color of glass is green. To make colored glass, you have to add other minerals. After working with the glass it takes two whole days to cool!

By the time we finished watching the glass-making, the visitor's center was open. We immediately collected our Jr. Ranger booklets. This would be our 3rd badge!

We saw lots of statues. Including the Pocohantas statue.

We had a very interesting tour guide! He always looked like he was enjoying himself! Him being happy made me be happy. The tour guide told us many new things.

At the Jamestown Festival Park, we learned about how live was back then. We visited an Indian village, went into a wigwam-type building with animal skins on the cots, and a hole in the ceiling for release of smoke and to let light into the building.

We scraped skins, helped to dig out canoes, smelled the venison soup being made by an interpreter. I used think my chores were hard until I saw this place. We played with some of the games children would have used. They all taught skills that would help them be more independent in getting food as an adult.

The Susan Constant replica is a pretty big ship. The interpreter below deck was a very passionate person about how challenging life was as they crossed the Atlantic on that type of ship. They were on the ship for 4 1/2 months with nothing to do but read, play board games, write, or throw-up depending on the weather conditions.

The Fort was very interesting with several buildings, including homes and workshops. We watched a carpenter and a metalsmith who made armor. We tried on the armor and found out how heavy it is!