Waiting for our tour to start
Sophia with Lucy the doll, the girls took turns keeping her for the tour guide
Uncle Jason was not as enthralled as some of us to be there
Sophia wanted to pet their chickens
The house, unfortunately we were in such a hurry during our tour of the mill I didn't get a picture of it
Side view of the house, it still doesn't have indoor plumbing or electricity and every Saturday the volunteers make and eat a meal using the outdoor kitchen without electricity 
The ice house, it was interesting to find out how they stored ice without electricity
The staff grows their own garden and use the food to have their weekly feast
Grandpa chatting up one of the tour guidesWatkins Mill is located in Lawson, MO. It used to be a farm owned by the Watkins family, now it is a historical site and a state park. When I was a child my family camped at the state park and toured Watkins Mill and House. I knew my mil would love it and I was right. Now I have to take her and my fil back when Kale gets back from Cuba, so she can poke through as slowly as she desires. We did have to rush and we only saw 3/4 of the mill tour, but we had to be back for the Euro Cup soccer game. Germany was playing Spain after all and we have two Germans visiting.
3 comments:
Oh that looks like fun! I like visiting historical places like that, always interesting to see how other people lived.
sounds like a really good time. I enjoy doing things like this.. my family... imediate that is, doesn't really enjoy it though. :P poop heads! lol
i love the pics, as always. :)
and, how do they keep ice in an ice house with NO electric?? sounds interesting. :)
hope your visit with K was nice. :) you didn't post about that.
xoxoxo
Jenn- I am behind on posting. We were out of town this weekend and way too busy to sit down and blog. I will post about it tomorrow I hope, complete with very cute pics of all 7 of our kids!
They dug a very deep hole in the ground inside the ice house and layered ice and ashes inside it and they had sawdust on the floor to keep it moist inside. That's what I remember, that and they got the ice from ponds and/or creeks.
Jacki- I enjoy these things too, it's nice to see where you came from.
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