Today, we went on the boat tour that we were supposed to do yesterday. Again, it was still raining like it did yesterday. While we were waiting to get on the boat, we saw a sting ray! The boat tour was just in a bay so there was not much to see. There was also steam on the windows so that we couldn’t see much. Then we went to “Old Florida Museum.” There were three areas: a 1600’s pioneer homestead, Spanish Fort Mose Era, and Timucua Indian Village. The three areas of time, and living places had hands-on thing s to do, but first let me tell you what “tabby” is. Tabby is like cement which is made out of crushed oyster shells, and it is very strong. It is so strong, that it won’t break even if a cannon ball hits it! So now you know what tabby is.
Now let’s talk about what things you could do in the Pioneer Settlement. There were checkers, writing with a quill pen and ink, plowing a small area, lassoing a cow’s head, and washing clothes.
In the Spanish/Fort Era, you could do things such as making candles, making tabby, fence making, wine pin bowling, toss the rings (which is sort of like horseshoes, only with rope rings), using a pump drill (you wouldn’t get much done with that thing), and corn grinding.
In the Timucua Indian Village you could grind corn (make sure that you don’t need cornmeal anytime soon), corn cob darts, Quest of the Four Rivers (a game where the first person to get his piece back to “home” wins), net making, and weaving.
I’m sure that you have said, “I have a buck” or something like that. Right? Do you know that “buck” became a regular term? One buck (deer) was worth $1.00, and people would use that to pay for things in the Pioneer times. That is where we get the term “buck” for dollar.
Now let’s talk about what things you could do in the Pioneer Settlement. There were checkers, writing with a quill pen and ink, plowing a small area, lassoing a cow’s head, and washing clothes.
In the Spanish/Fort Era, you could do things such as making candles, making tabby, fence making, wine pin bowling, toss the rings (which is sort of like horseshoes, only with rope rings), using a pump drill (you wouldn’t get much done with that thing), and corn grinding.
In the Timucua Indian Village you could grind corn (make sure that you don’t need cornmeal anytime soon), corn cob darts, Quest of the Four Rivers (a game where the first person to get his piece back to “home” wins), net making, and weaving.
I’m sure that you have said, “I have a buck” or something like that. Right? Do you know that “buck” became a regular term? One buck (deer) was worth $1.00, and people would use that to pay for things in the Pioneer times. That is where we get the term “buck” for dollar.
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