Swan Hill,....it's even too hot for the swans

Well, the weather is on everybody's thoughts today.  Even the locals consider it a hot day.  But they're ''used to it'' they say.  Everybody seems to be dragging and moving slowly.

We headed over to the Pioneer Village this morning and it was very warm then.  It's too bad they didn't open their doors at 6 this morning, we would have been there!

 

 

This village really gives you insight into how the people lived.  The township itself has been well preserved.  Most of the people operating the village can remember some of the machinery that was used.  A mobile library was set up in a building.  The machine turns from the inside of a circular box and the customer sits on a chair and looks through the glasses to see 3 dimensional pictures from the late 1800's to 1920's from all around the world.  Then there's the mobile organ which somebody would use to announce a local fair or circus coming to town.  Not to mention the Model A Ford that drove around the town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The candy shop was open for business and of course, I just HAD to buy something!  So I bought some Raspberry drops which are similar to lemon drops, but a raspberry flavour.  The lady behind the counter was very friendly and we got to chatting about the area and the many things in the village.  She even offered us one of her peaches fresh from her tree.  A white peach that was so sweet and juicy that it brought memories again to when I last had fruit straight off the tree.

  The different modes of transportation were shown to us, horse and carriage, cars, trains, paddle steamers.

 

 

 

So!..is this a Model A or a Model T?  I'm not sure which, I forgot to ask!

 

 

We wandered some more around the village before heading off to the supermarket and as we made our way around, there was a couple of ladies and some boys (one actually, the other didn't want to know about it)  who dressed up for the occasion to wander around and really get the feel for the time of the old pioneers.

Well, my clothes are done washing and drying now, I need to wake Chris up from his nanny nap,....or is that a poppa nap? ...We need.to head down to the local swimming hole to cool off.