The boys knew that we were going on a trip, but they just thought we were going to Tacoma. We never really gave them any of the details. Our first stop was to Fort Nisqually. It was used by the Hudson Bay Company. We have also been to Fort Vancouver which they also owned. Both of the forts look very similar.
Learning about the role of the fort’s store in the life of the fort…the things they bought, sold and traded. We also learned that the person who ran the store also had the job of keeping a sort of journal of the fort and the people who lived there. The quality of the journal varied greatly from year to year depending on who was running the store.
Lookout tower…things didn’t go so well between the British and the natives
They had a bunch of games for kids to play that would have been typical for children of that time period. Colm and I played graces which involves each person holding two sticks and then you use those two sticks to catch and throw a decorated ring back and forth to each other. They both gave the hoop and stick a try and Colm tried jumping rope…not something he normally does. We also put on a Punch and Judy play, played badmitton with wooden paddles and a birdie that had real feathers and practiced writing on a slate board using a primer.
(Project 365-3/29/2013)
After we were done with that we headed to our hotel which was GORGEOUS! Each floor featured a different artist that blows glass. The lobby was stunning and the view was beautiful. We also went to a great Japanese restaurant where the boys each tried several new foods (oysters and sushi included) and Colm tried this fun Japanese soda that has a marble in it.
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