MI-- Saturday

This past weekend was Woodshaving Days at Hartwick Pines SP (where we were camped), so we checked out the exhibit area before we headed home. Really fantastic learning experience for all of us!

Here they had an old sawmill working so we could watch them cut a log into boards.









Maybe this was Micah's favorite part of the day-- watching the little conveyor thing remove sawdust from under the large circular blade.










There were many different people showcasing their crafts (mostly wood-related). Many were fascinating and we asked lots of questions. Here we watched a woman spin wool (from her own sheep) into yarn. The wool was pink, so Dad asked if she had pink sheep. She very quickly answered, "Yes, we feed them Kool-aid." : )








Here was a man making duck decoys. I've never known much (anything?) about duck hunting. He said when he goes duck hunting, he takes 75-100 of those decoys to set out. Yikes! That would be a truckful.

We also saw a woman woodburning, we saw blacksmiths, and talked to a woman who carves ostrich eggs!







This woman tats-- I was right away interested because I knew Gma Book used to tat. She only did edges around hankies and towels, but this woman made all sorts of different things.












Micah made a friend












Claire's favorite part of the day-- actually DOING something instead of just watching. She got to carve a design on a yoyo they let her keep.

Katie and Jenna both enjoyed decorating small wooden tops on a woodturner. When we got home, we tried out those tops, and they REALLY work well!

Here are Chad and Jenna working on a yoyo.

Micah found a train to play with in the logging museum.

Claire took this pic. :)


After this, we headed home, without Katie. She and Natalie are with Grammy for a week, doing Grammy Camp, I guess they called it. I really don't know what all they are going to do this week, but when I called a little bit ago, they were getting pedicures. Without Katie in the car, it sure was a quiet ride home. Not that Katie is very noisy! Jenna moved up to a middle seat by Micah, and Claire was extremely quiet enjoying her aloneness in the backseat.