Duffy's Spring-ish Voyage - Part 22

"What a bucolic setting!" I said.

"What do you mean?" asked Tiny Shellie May.

"I don't see any plague rats," said Tiny Duffy.

"Rats?" asked Tiny Shellie May.

"We will be safe up here," said Tiny Duffy.

"I didn't say it looks bubonic!" I said. "Bucolic is a fancy word for a peaceful countryside."

"Oh."

"I think we will stay on this rock to be safe," said Tiny Shellie May.

This is in the General Store.

"Can we get some new friends?" asked Tiny Duffy.

"Not now," I said.

"No rats up here!"

"Let's just get a nice photo here"--

"Is that a rat?" I asked.

 

"Tiny Duffy? Tiny Shellie May? Where did you go? I was kidding!"

On our way home we were hungry and stopped at Big Boy, because we don't have them where I come from.

You know you're not in Arizona anymore when you order a portabello burger and they warn you that it doesn't come with meat. It wasn't bad, though!

Just WAIT until you see what Duffy and I did next time!!!!

Duffy's Spring-ish Voyage - Part 21

Still at Sauder Village! I'm not sure where this is...could it be Peter Stuckey Farm (33)?

That sounds about right.

"If we pose like this, you cannot see the kitchen," said Tiny Shellie May.

"Is this better?" asked Tiny Duffy.

Isn't it a beautiful day? Actually, it was a little warm. I can't imagine how the bears felt!

37 is the Blacksmith Shop!

But it was late in the day, so not much was going on there.

The Harvesting Building is just a place to hold school/group events.

39 is Tiffin River Woodworks!

"What a pretty wooden swing," said Tiny Shellie May.

That's right...we made it through Sauder Village! With minutes to spare! :) Then we did some exploring...more later!

Duffy's Spring-ish Voyage - Part 20

Oh dear; it has been way too long.

I THINK this is still in point 27 (Natives and Newcomers). It is a trading post!

 

 It's been almost a year, but I believe the lines on the blankets explained how many animal skins the blankets were worth...

"Ew," said Tiny Shellie May.

 

OK, now we were rushing!

28! Lauber Settlement!

"That looks like it would be very cold in winter," said Tiny Shellie May.

"Yes," agreed Tiny Duffy.

29! Log Schoolhouse!

"This looks much better insulated," said Tiny Shellie May.

 

Stop 30! Anna Witmer-Roth Home!

 

We did go outside to view the kitchen.

Unless one of those two pictures was in the Eicher Cabin (31), I am not sure we saw it!

32 is the jail!

"Please let us out please," said Tiny Shellie May.

"We can slip through the bars," said Tiny Duffy.

"Oh, yeah."

Also, it wasn't a bad little place for little bears.

"I would still rather be free," said Tiny Shellie May.

The bears were very glad to be free! I believe this is glancing toward Peter Stuckey Farm (33).

Eager to prove they were upstanding citizens, we skipped the Pioneer Settlement Depot (34) and made our way to Holdeman Church (35).

The bears tried to sing along with the hymns but they were not very good at it.

Duffy's Spring-ish Voyage - Part 19

It's been a while!

We are walking alongside the train track. We could have taken the train (26) but that would've been a long wait, and we didn't have that much time left!

27! Natives and Newcomers!

It was pretty hot, so I think the reenactor was pretty lonely...we had the site to ourselves.

"Those Native American beds are not that uncomfortable," said Tiny Duffy.

"I would rather look at the corn than have to grind it," said Tiny Shellie May.

"I wish we had a waterwheel," said Tiny Duffy.

These houses were neat, but I like my house better!

Duffy's Spring-ish Voyage - Part 18

Stop 24! Barbara's Weaving Shop!

"These are very pretty," said Tiny Shellie May.

They were coasters!

I'm not sure if that was Barbara.

Not...sure...what this was.

Stop 25! Water-powered grist mill!

"This is a giant millstone," said Tiny Duffy.

This was actually grinding dried!  SO COOL!

"But what makes it run?" asked Tiny Shellie May.

I'm glad you asked, Tiny Shellie May.

Water flows and turns this waterwheel, which turns the millstone, which grinds the corn.

"WOW!" said Tiny Duffy and Tiny Shellie May.