Life in New England: Yesterday Dennis drove us up to Old Sturbridge, Mass. Old Sturbridge is a small village: a bunch of donated land and old houses trucked in from around New England and you have an old town as it might have looked right before the Civil War (the 1830s). We went to the sawmill and watched old machines make planks. A water wheel turns wheels and the saw goes up and down … It was fascinating to see it done without fuel or motors. At Sturbridge they sheer the sheep and then card the wool to make it ready for the spinning wheel. We went to an old house where a lady was cooking… I think the flies freaked us out… but that was the way it used to be with no screens. Dirt, flies and barn smells none of us is used to… Finally… the beautiful trees are changing to reds and oranges. We’re off today for Eastford, Ct to visit another cousin! We’re going to try to go to Washington DC to visit Rebecca Skipp. and then head south to Boone. God bless you!
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