To honor our cubscout "Turn Back the Clock" theme for this month, I decided to take my den on a historical walk of the old town in Bellingham. Thanks to Sally, who did a lot of research and discovered some amazing historical facts, we had a great educational experience planned out.
The windy & rainy weather gave us a break at exact time our walk was scheduled for.
What we had not planned, was for fierce competition for our boys attention!
The start of our tour was the site of the first sawmill, which was being visited today by dozen of fisherman catching tons of huge salmon. It's hard to listen to what happened in the 1850's when their are salmon flapping & flailing all around you. So, we added an improv education on the life cycle of the salmon, which also happened to be around in the 19th century, right?
General Pickett's house still stands today where it was built in 1856. The surroundings of course, have changed significantly.
This was the first brick building built north of San Francisco. The brick was shipped from Philadelphia via Cape Horn route. I wonder what the shipping & handling cost must have been!! It is now surrounded by the recycle facility and I wonder how many people notice it and would know of its significance. The yellow tape and constructions signs give me hope that it's being restored.
The first legislation passed in this city hall was to not allow cows to wander the streets of the town any longer.
We spend a good amount of time learning, growing and sharing experiences with our scout group. I realized I have not posted some important accomplishments.
Nolan earned his Webelos badge, and is now on his way to become a boys scout, which he can hardly wait for. Just a few more months, my son.
One of the requirements he worked hard on this past month, was his showman badge, producing a puppet show. Along with two of his fellow scouts, he wrote the script, created his puppets, painted the backdrop and helped the Webelos in the construction of the stage.
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