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Location Date Mon, 17 October 2011
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Sunday-Monday, October 16-17, 2011
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Okay, don’t get confused. I’m combining two days, here, similar to what I did in Quechee (that is, I got very lazy). But this one makes sense (wait, the other one made sense, too, didn’t it?), because we went to Old Sturbridge Village on both days. Of course, tonight (Monday) we went to see David and Alli—Barbara worked with David at Stanford—and we didn’t do that on Sunday. We also ate breakfast in the RV on Sunday and had a blueberry muffin at Sturbridge for breakfast today. Let’s see, what else was different? Oh, we left Sturbridge earlier today than we did yesterday.
This is actually quite pointless and is boring me. I can’t imagine how you’re handling it. Hello? Are you still there? Anybody?
Okay, fine. I’ll get more into the meat of it.
Old Sturbridge Village is a recreation of a New England town circa 1830. Many of the buildings are recreations, but many are buildings from the period, either still standing in their original spots or transported into the village. They have working stores, taverns, farms, and mills (water-powered), and the people running the exhibits are very knowledgeable about what they’re doing and will explain the process and answer questions. We saw a lot of people visiting, some on bus tours, some on their own (like us), and a lot of school kids. One of the staff told me that at one time or another, every school in Massachusetts will have a field trip to Sturbridge. What a great way to learn about the history of the country. We thoroughly enjoyed the day and a half we spent there.
Tonight (Monday evening), we drove into Hopkinton (the start of the Boston Marathon) to see David, a friend of Barbara’s from Stanford Engineering. Ellen, also a Stanford Engineering transplant to this area, was there, and we spent a delightful evening over a delicious dinner (thank you, Alli) catching up on our various lives. Finally, after keeping them up far later than we should have, we said our goodbyes until the next time.
We’re moving toward Pennsylvania and Amish country next.
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Dan Wait a minute. You guys drove all the way across the country from Sunny California to New England and you're not going to stop in Boston or Cape Code? That's like a European visiting San Francisco and neglecting to take a gander at the Golden Gate Bridge. Very strange behaviour - must be something in the water back east.
belinda There's cheese in apple cider? Huh?
wjmccain The trouble is most of the campgrounds close by Oct 15. There's so much to see in the Boston area that we decided we'll take a Heritage Tour on a different road trip and see Boston and Washington DC then.
wjmccain They layer the apples with hay. The whole thing is called a cheese, then it's squeezed to make the cider.
Shannon is this a real guy or a mannequin?! lol
wjmccain He's a real guy. Showed us how to load and shoot an 1830's rifle. It made quite a blast.
steve wow... i love the get-up. i thought for a second that he was a 'living statue'. did you get to actually shoot the gun?
wjmccain No. He just demonstrated how to shoot it. If you were really good at loading guns in the day, you could get 3 shots off in a minute.