Fort Delaware

Grandma had a fun, historical surprise for us planned for the middle of our week.  We made a trip out to Pea Patch Island by ferry for a living history demonstration of the Civil War era.  The Fort functioned as a Prison Camp for Confederate soldiers and for our afternoon, it was stocked full of convincing tour guides whose interpretive tour really made the times come alive for us.  We experienced everything from the infirmary, kitchens, armory, blacksmith shop and more.  I must say the guides were quite convincing that they actually live 1864 on a daily basis - in all it's glory.  I highly recommend it for anyone near Delaware.

Here is Grandma with her 6 grandchildren.  It was an added bonus that Teal & Andrew (kids cousins) got to come along with us for the afternoon.  Our kids think they are great and we had a better chance to really catch up with them throughout the day.

Spiderman was chosen to help in the demo of the 32 lb. gun being fired by the soldiers.  He handled his part well, to the applause of the sizable audience , and proudly took this photo with a couple of the guys.  For a kid obsessed with battles, bombs and bullets - this was a perfect fit!

Jaybird was more obsessed with his quest of exploration.  With map in hand, he led our group through the bowels of the fort, looking for the dungeon.  While we found some neat, somewhat creepy, rooms and he managed to make sure we found the roof, no dungeons were located.  Did I mention that he was ALL about his map?

Then there was this handsome guy.  I'm not exactly sure of the size of the guns stationed on the roof of the Fort but the size of his "guns" are pretty impressive. :)