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What Happened in Plimoth Plantation

I had a post on what I expected in Plimoth. Here is the real story.
When I said that the ground would be soily, I was half right. In Plimoth village the ground was soily in some places. On the paths and entering houses. But, outside of Plimoth village in some places
It was grass.
When I said the houses would be made out of wood, I was right. At least they were for Plimoth village. All of the houses were made out of wood there. The Pilgrims did not have anything else to make them out of. So, if it was a recreation of Plimoth village, they had to be made out of wood.
When I got there, the Native American site was close to the water, but in Plimoth village I did not see any water. Maybe there was some there. When I did see where they first settled there was water also.
The people dressed up did have on a lot of clothes. Just like the Pilgrims had.
The houses were very small. They looked like they could not even hold more than 10 people. They were all cramped up and really stuffy. I would not want to have to live in one.
There were no stores in Plimoth village. I don’t think that the pilgrims had any stores to go to to get food. They had to grow their own food.
It was open not like a country but it was definitely not like a city.
It was a small little village but if you were not In a house it was not cramped at all.

One thing that surprised me was how small the houses were. The were SO tiny. All they had room for was a bed mattress, a bed, a fire place, a table and a trunk. (and some things on the walls.)

The first place that we went was the Wampanoag site. It was so cool to actually see the customs and the houses. Some guys were burning wood. Other people were cooking a stew or something like that and other guys were building a house. We got to go into some of the already made houses. They were very smoky. It was hard to breath.

Earlier that day we actually did go somewhere. We went to see the Mayflower II and to see where Pilgrims had been buried. The Mayflower II was just like the real Mayflower and it was really tiny. There we saw some Pilgrims. The Mayflower II beds were in the walls of it. Even with about 40 kids it was not roomy. Imagine 102 people!

When we saw the grave yard a lot of the graves were made out of wood and had cracked and fell over. Some were still standing up though. We saw where cannons were and the grave yard was on a hill. The hill that the Pilgrims had once been on. We also saw Plimoth rock that day.

Later on, we had our evening activities. We wrote with quill pens, had a few people dress up as Pilgrim children, Mistresses, and Masters, played Pilgrim games and looked in some houses.
When we dressed up as Pilgrims, it was very funny. The baby wore a pudding on it’s head so it did not hurt when falling,
Some games we played were fox and geese and hoop and stick. You played hoop and stick by rolling the hoop and balancing it with a stick. Then CSI pilgrims where we were split into groups and we had to figure out about the Pilgrims who lived in them.

Finally to end that day we had a colonial dinner. There was Turkey pottage, fruit, cheese, pear tart, carrots, and bread. We had to eat like the Pilgrims did too. We had no forks so we could eat with our hands, as well as spoons and knives. The food was pretty good.
We did cheat though. We had cider which they did not have yet.
The next day we went to Plimoth village, We saw the dressed up Pilgrims and their houses. We talked to them and asked them questions. We also got to see their animals.

When we were done with that we had lunch and back on the bus to go home. It was an awesome trip!