Plimoth Plantation - Wampanoag Homesite

During the girls' April vacation week, we wanted to take at least one day trip that they would remember.  I did a bit of research and we ended up deciding to go to Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  In all honesty, Lee and I expected the day to be a lot like Disney - fun for the girls, tolerable for us - but we were happily surprised.  Plimoth Plantation was amazing!  We spent almost four hours there, and could have stayed a lot longer but for the fact that we were starving and had other things to do and see in Plymouth that day.
We spent the first part of our day at the Wampanoag Homesite.  The staff in the Wampanoag Homesite are not role players but are all native people, either Wampanoag or from other native nations, and are dressed in historically accurate clothing.  They are very proud of their native heritage and are very knowledgeable about traditions, stories, etc.  It was an amazing part of our trip to see them work, cook and tell stories about the structures at the Homesite.

This woman was making toys for her young children. 

Emily holds a toy boat and a doll made out of the husk and silk from corn. 

Chopping wood.

Making a boat, the traditional way.

The inside of the long house.  The Wampanoag woman here was incredibly knowledgeable about how her ancestors lived in the 17th century.

The girls, sitting on a deer skin blanket, listen intently. 

The duck and corn soup smelled divine! 

Pelts.  It was a warm day, so the staff did not need their pelts and skins to stay warm.

Bear skin. 

Part of the Wampanoag Homesite. 

The inside of one of the smaller buildings.