We arrived and set up the cabin as usual on Thurs. afternoon complete 

with basic 19th century furnishings as outlined in the original 

interpretive guidelines established when the cabin was first restored.

We entertained 4 groups of students on Friday.  Three classes impressed

us with their polite manner and intelligent questions.  On Saturday we

cooked a period dinner using recipes taken from my foods history book -

Victoria's Home Companion, and the men from the SRR and four Navy

re-enactors came to dinner.  Everyone was tired so the evening was a

quiet one, but enjoyable just the same.  

The park had recently replaced some bad rails in the rail fence in front

of the cabin and we pulled the old rails out of the wood pile and made a

sort of corral for the newest members of HLHG - a pair of ducks. 
 

We were delighted when  several visitors told us they come back each

time we are at the cabin, some saying they have attended both our

Christmas programs and look forward to the next one.  This year was

different in that additional civilians participated at Cloud Field with

Gen. Rambo's troops.  We were somewhat taken aback when another group

came to pose for pictures with our set-up on Sunday, but decided later

we should probably feel complemented that they were that impressed with

our efforts.  

Sunday afternoon was very melancholy after we'd sent our long-distance

members on their way home and Asa, Lucy, and I stayed to meet with our

visitors.  I liken our visits at the cabin with the mythical village of

Brigadoon which only appeared for one day every one hundred years.  When

we arrive nothing is there to greet us but an empty cabin.  Within a

couple of short hours we have furnished the cabin and given it a

lived-in feel.  The camaraderie we feel brings life to the home once

again, and is just as magical, until on Sunday all must again be packed

away and disappear until our next visit.  

Until then, 

Vickie