Fall in New England reminds me of childhood and a trip to Old Sturbridge Village. As a child I remember taking the bus with my class and seeing the man making shoes for the horses and walking around on the dirt path. As an adult and a Mom I remember when my son Bowen was in 3rd grade I was the lucky Mom who was chosen to be the chaperone. Which is very funny because his third grade teacher was my first grade teacher, and she was fantastic each time!!! I was going on a field trip with my teacher and my sons teacher all at once! I will say as a parent the bus ride did seem a little longer!
Now as an adult with grown children I decided it was time to go again. This time in a different capacity as an author and business owner taking pictures for The LOOK Book, Old Sturbridge Village. This time however, I drove my own car, paid for my own ticket and walked about at my own leisure! I was surprised at how my memory of OSV had LOOKed in my mind. The question I have is ....has it changed extensively OR do I just not remember??? I am not sure I will ever really know…but either way I could tell they have done a great deal to enhance the visitor experience.
The collections are extensive and quite interesting, we only planned a few hours to enjoy OSV. I wanted to get a feel for what was important and interesting to children, I will need to go back to really enjoy everything.
As we wandered about we heard a gun fire and saw smoke and a crowd of people watching something...we headed over and found a marks man taking target practice. Take a LOOK at the video below. Clearly these men are enjoying their day and entertaining the visitors with history and jokes:)
Now as an adult with grown children I decided it was time to go again. This time in a different capacity as an author and business owner taking pictures for The LOOK Book, Old Sturbridge Village. This time however, I drove my own car, paid for my own ticket and walked about at my own leisure! I was surprised at how my memory of OSV had LOOKed in my mind. The question I have is ....has it changed extensively OR do I just not remember??? I am not sure I will ever really know…but either way I could tell they have done a great deal to enhance the visitor experience.
The collections are extensive and quite interesting, we only planned a few hours to enjoy OSV. I wanted to get a feel for what was important and interesting to children, I will need to go back to really enjoy everything.
As we wandered about we heard a gun fire and saw smoke and a crowd of people watching something...we headed over and found a marks man taking target practice. Take a LOOK at the video below. Clearly these men are enjoying their day and entertaining the visitors with history and jokes:)
Our favorite stop was the Tin Shop. George had several questions which encouraged the shop owner to do a wonderful demonstration on putting pieces of tin together. I did video so you could see too!
Hunter enjoyed the day too! He is appearing more and more in The LOOK Book so he needed to pose for pictures too!
It was a wonderful day spent at OSV reminiscing, strolling and sipping hot chocolate on a crips New England fall day! We topped off the day by stopping at a local pub for french onion soup and an adult beverage.
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