We spent the day yesterday in Mystic and Essex, along the coast of CT. First, we stopped at Mystic Seaport, and explored the old whaling history of CT. First we stopped at the ship preservation yard, where they are restoring the Charles Morgan, a 142 year old whaling ship. This was them boarding
and exploring below deck, where they used to store the whale blubber
This is looking across the harbor, which is home to some gorgeous boats
Mystic Seaport is also home to an old New England village, with an oyster company
a lobster fishery
and lots of other replica businesses, like fishing tackle stores, sail makers, etc.
We were also excited that as we approached the Joseph Conrad, a full rigged ship, we head singing.
It turns out they were hoisting the sails...
...and Gage got to join in with some other kids to stand in a line and pull the rope to hoist the sail as they sang. Savannah could have also, but she was VERY cranky -- the Dramamine got the best of her that day.
Cranky Savannah did find it amusing that the life saver that Grandma Rooney gave her looked like, well...a life saver :-)
