This is Gabriel and Silas in the museum. Gabriel thought the rice hook was cool, although I'm wondering if he was planning to use it as a weapon on his little brother.
This man is from Sierra Leone. Because this is Black History Month, and most of the slaves who worked this plantation over 150 years ago were from Sierra Leone and other West African countries, they brought him in to speak. He taught the children a game called "I have a dog." It is very similar to our "Duck, duck, goose."
Here you can see Gabriel (in the blue jacket) arriving back at his spot just a little too late!
I wish I could remember his name, but the Man from Sierra Leone also did some storytelling and got the whole group invovled, even the little ones! That's Silas in the green shirt and his little friend Gabriel behind him.
While we were eating our lunch, the kids had a good time climbing on this cut off tree stump. There were many living trees with trunks this large. I love our southern live oaks!
This is Naomi standing on what we were told was an old sundial. It was located directly in front of the main house on the plantation.
Here are Naomi and Gabriel standing on the overlook at the marshes. This area used to be the rice fields, but has now turned into marshland. For those unfamiliar with marshes, it may look like a field of tall grass, but you would sink up to your waist in oozy, black mud and water if you tried to walk in it. These marshes are all over southeast Georgia.
Here are myself and the kids standing at the trunk of one of the massive live oak trees at the plantation. It was a beautiful day, although somewhat cold. Overall, I think we had a pretty good day. We learned a little, had fun with friends, got some exercise out in the sunshine, and enjoyed ourselves.
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