Mystic

It's been a busy few weeks here, getting everything moved into the house and a trip to PA for the twin's first birthday party. So with our anniversary this past weekend, Jared and I decided to take a break from house things and head to Mystic Seaport on Saturday. Neither of us had ever been there, so we didn't know what to expect, but figured we'd have fun one way or another! 

Jared's always interested in old things -- ships, planes, you name it. Hey, for part of our honeymoon a few years ago we spent a good day inside the Air and Space Museum in D.C. AND went to the hangar at Dulles to see all of the old planes. How romantic, right? In all honesty, I kinda like that stuff too, so it was completely fine with me (but don't tell him -- I still pick on him about how we're just one step up from his parents, who went to a local military museum for their honeymoon. And to be completely honest, we had ulterior motives for going to D.C. on ours -- mainly to pick up a washer and dryer for our new place from his cousin!).  

Anyways, the seaport was fun! It was bigger than I expected -- a whole little town complete with a blacksmith, grocer, schoolhouse, etc. The neat thing about the seaport, though, is the ships. There are a number of historic wooden ships that are docked at the seaport and have been/are being restored by the museum. As much of the repairs as possible are done the original way -- the metal work is done in the blacksmith's shop, the wood working is done on site, etc. It's pretty amazing!

Okay, enough chatter about (what you probably think are boring) old things. Here are some of the fun photos from the day:

What? So I couldn't resist a photo of the horse... There were carriage rides around the museum grounds all day  -- this guy was on his break.

This is the keel of an old ship in part of the museum. I couldn't get over how many nails there were in this piece of wood!

The outside of the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaling ship in the world. It's currently being restored at the museum. 

Part of the mast on the Amistad. I don't really know what these wooden rings are used for, but they looked cool. :)

Rope! Rope all over! 

Okay, that's all of the pretty pictures you get for today. Maybe soon I'll have some fun shots from the areas around our house. :)