Won’t You take me to…Shakertown?

I’m going to get a little crazy and skip a few days of our Summer 2010 Project (I’ll come back to them) because I wanted to post about our trip to Shakertown yesterday.  I dragged took the kids on a little roadtrip to Shaker Village in Mercer County, a place that I visited a long time ago when I was growing up and haven’t seen since. Despite white knuckling the steering wheel through the hilly backroads to get there, it was a good trip, and I think the girls actually enjoyed themselves.  I also discovered that two hours of walking through heat and historical property is their emotional and physical limit.  But they survived.

I really think Shaker Village should hire me to shoot photos there all the time. I love the clean lines, the color and the rich architectural detail that are exemplified in everything. Those Shakers were pretty cool.  

Molly had to stop and take a little rest inside the meeting house.  You probably can’t tell, but inside she is thinking, “Mom, you are the coolest person ever.”

So, I’m sure we’ll go back again some day. When it’s not 85+ degrees outside and when the girls are a little older and can appreciate the historical value of the place. And when they won’t beg for every item in the gift shop and pout when I tell them that just being there was gift enough.