No, we haven't taken up family visitations of our local taverns....

 But rather, this is a historical place that is like a living museum for people to walk through and visit once a year.

 It is located close to the cottage.  We have driven by this place a hundred times and always say, "We should go there some day."   It always looked empty, kind of closed-up, and we never did pull into the place to check it out.

 But on our way to the lake this past weekend, we saw a big bill-board, advertising this weekend as a special Civil War reinactment.  I've seen these signs previous years, and this seems to  be the only time of the year that this place comes alive.  This became the #1 thing I wanted to do this weekend - more than anything else there is to do on the lake.

This building that I was taking these pictures in was an inn for the stagecoach customers.  There were two rooms.  One of the rooms was for everyone on the stagecoach - no beds - just lay out on the floor.  But the above room, was for customers that were rich - they got their own room, complete with a bed and a potty (between the bed and the nightstand.)

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This was Jacob's favorite part of the day - the reinactment of the Civil War - the shooting of the cannons.

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 I love old fashioned kitchens like this one.

 This might have been Bob's favorite part - he loves maps.  I knew when I seen this map, that if he went near it, he'd be there a long time.  It happened just like I thought it might.

 Well, there's more I could write about this day - the autumn crisp weather; the sounds of the old fashioned music being played; the smell of the burning fires, and the mustiness of the old homes.  But I'm out of energy - it's time for bed. 

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