Odyssey Trip Blog, Day 5 Today was a day well spent in Virginia for the Eagles’s Nest. Everyone woke up bright and early to get ready for a big day! Quinn, Norbert and Abby R were our cooks for the day. For breakfast they made us delicious eggs and bacon (with some help from Deanna and Julius who helped with some difficulties.). Right after, we hopped in the vehicles and headed for our second day spent in Williamsburg. When we got there, the teachers figured out plans as to what places we were going to for the morning. To start off, the class all went to a big event called “The Storming of the Palace.” There were actors and other tourists surrounding us. The villagers from “Colonial Williamsburg” (also known as the actors) were furious because all the gun powder from the Magazine had been stolen. IN case you didn’t know, the Magazine is a place where they kept guns and gun powder, not a paper form of entertainment, as many of us thought. Everyone created a giant mob and protested in front of the palace, until the Governor came out and admitted he had stolen the gun powder. Afterwords, we split into two groups. Ms. Mehlhorn’s group included Abby A, Abby R, Thomas, Kayleigh, Katherine, Kenzie, Deanna and Lyla. Mr. D and Cam’s group included Christopher, Julius, Norbert, Quinn, Ivy, Mardi and Liam. Ms. Mehlorn’s group went to the Magazine (Super fascinating! And scary!), the shoe makers trade shop (different from a Cobbler), the printing shop and the wig makers! Each person who worked there gave us really interesting information about what they do and how. Our group has also been working hard on asking questions. Mr. D’s group went to the wig maker’s shop, the joiner, the wheel right, the apothecary and the exhibit on the hospital for the mentally ill. Then we stopped for lunch. Our Afternoon was very busy! We continued on with our groups for the beginning. We journeyed to the Blacksmith shop which was a big hit in our group! They showed us how they work with Iron and Steel and make them into really cool, everyday things. Next door was the Tin Shop which was also really cool. We stopped in a few other shops and marketplaces and bought some souvenirs and played checkers! We then walked down to the mental hospital museum. It was very interesting but disturbing as well to find out what they used to do to the mentally ill people. When we left, there was an African American Slavery museum right next door that we walked through. A few of us got distracted by some really, pretty horses and we just had to stop for a minute to go visit them! When we finally got ourselves together, we visited a colonial garden and learned so much! We could identify many of the plants due to our hoop house work as well! Soon after there was another big, theatrical event that we attended which was the beginning of the revolution. We all gathered in the street, and moved around to different areas of the town. Some of the students got involved and marched around with revolutionary people! They fired cannons and we wrapped up our day in Williamsburg. Back at the condos, we went to the swimming pool and swam for a while, then went back for dinner. Our chefs made us grilled cheese and tomato soup with veggies on the side. Mr. D got us a nice treat for dessert which was Cinnamon buns after class meeting. Then our wonderful day came to an end. Written by Kayleigh Tolley and edited by Mr. D
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:27:44 +0000
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