Rural Hill

 We spent our afternoon today at Historic Rural Hill ~
today was a Scottish Festival and Sheep Dog Trials.
 First stop ~ Pumpkin Chunkin'!

We brought our Halloween pumpkins from home and the boys were able

to fling them using a replica 11th century trebuchet ~

it was so fun and they loved it!

Ethan went first ~ he had the smaller one and it went far.

Then it was Elliot's turn ~ his pumpkin was huge, and heavy ~

And pretty  much went straight down and SPLAT!!

This guy looks mad ~ he must know what's about to happen! :)  

  Then we watched a little of the Sheepdog Trials, which was quite fascinating.

We were explaining to Elliot how the dogs were going to herd the sheep back into the pen.

He watched for a bit, then turned and asked us why the dog was going to "hurt" the sheep. :)

We then visited and fed the beautiful Highland Cows.

Then the boys did the corn maze all by themselves ~ they did great and
loved every minute of it.  While waiting for them, we strolled around a bit,
grabbed a drink and spent the rest of that time chatting with a couple
(their kids were also in the maze) and had a wonderful conversation
about their China adoption a few years back.

Then onto learning about how the settlers of Rural Hill would have lived

during the late 1700s.  The Blacksmith was the boys' favorite.

The kitchen house and spinning wheel were my favorite.

The boys spent time exploring the log cabin ~ or the top part

of the kitchen house, where apple pie was being made over a fire.

We enjoyed freshly popped kettle corn!

Then finished our day off with a relaxing and scenic hayride.

 

It was a great day and we had a lot of fun ~

and were so thankful for the beautiful fall weather.

"Autumn begins with a subtle change in the light, with skies a deeper blue,
and nights that become suddenly clear and chilled.

The season comes full with the first frost, the disappearance of migrant birds,

and the harvesting of the season's last crops."
~  G. Wolff