Day 9

We got up, got dressed, and went down to breakfast. Soon afterwards, we drove to Aunt Kari's family's hotel. They got in there car, and we drove for about half an hour to Yorktown. We parked and walked inside. As we explored the re-built town, we took pictures, asked questions, and lost Uncle Jeremy, Leah, and Tanner. So, we went towards the battle encampment through the museum. On our way, we found a room where there was clothing to dress up in, so of course Grandma made us put on the clothing. I put on my clothing quickly , so while Natalie and Braden dressed up, I found an apron without a string, and made a hat out of it. After we took pictures, Leah and Tanner ran in with Uncle Jeremy behind them. He had gone to the battle encampment and not told anyone. Let's just say that Aunt Kari was not happy. Then we actually went down to the battle encampment. We listened to someone tell us about cannons and cannon balls, then she called up Braden, Leah, Natalie, a teenage boy, and me up. She had us stand in a line: Braden on the left, then Leah, me, Natalie, and to the far right, the teenager. We went through the steps that they went through firing a cannon. The teenager gave the commands. It was fun. Then we followed a different lady to the medicine tent and learned about the doctors, patients, and remedies. Afterwards, we learned a bit about the kitchen. Then we walked inside the museum, much to our delight. (For it was scorching hot outside.) The museum was really neat. When we finished looking through the museum, we drove to the Yorktown battle field. While there, we watched a really nice video presentation, got these little "Junior Ranger" booklets, and purchased an audio tour. We worked on the booklets, while visiting an indoor ship replica. It was a cool ship. Then we went on the audio tour. It was good, and there were places to get out, look around, and take pictures at every stop. After the tour, it was dark. We retired after eating left-over pizza from the day before.