Shaye and I went on her fourth grade field trip yesterday. We had a lot of fun once we adjusted to the cold air off the James River. This was Shaye's second time there and my fourth ( 2 other times with Brayden's class). Shaye took pictures of the original church building and gravemarkers on the island they originally had the settlement. But they found this site was not a good place to live. They did not have fresh water, the water was brackish. They had been drinking the salt water for a year and were getting very sick before the Powhatan's showed them how to get fresh well water. We also saw the glassblower make bottles. The bottles are made from sand, ash, and limestone and when done are a beautiful green color. The settlers made the bottles to sell back in England, but the English didn't care for them because they wanted clear color glass. So they turned to growing and trading tobacco. We also toured the replicated ship, the Susan Constant, the Powhatan Indian village and the settlers fort. It is a great history lesson.
I'll post pictures later, once I figure out how to transfer them from my camera/phone.
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