Pictures from the Auburn Discovery Montessori field trip earlier this week are now posted on Flickr as the Fort Ross set.

Fort Ross was a trading post of the Russian Hudson Bay Company, occupied from 1799 to about 1840, occupied by Russian traders and militia and Aleut Indians who were experts at otter hunting.  Our field trip was an overnight to live in the fort as the residents would have (sort of — we had dish soap and sleeping bags :-).  We dressed in costume and were assigned a role which included a Russian name and a workgroup - cooks, hunters, militia, gardeners, artisans.

We were cooks, so many of my pictures are in and around the kitchen fires.  But we also danced, hiked, explored the beach, fired the cannon, and learned a lot about how the traders lived back then.  Turned out to be a great way to spend time with the children!

P.S. Many of the 109 photos are of the children and are marked as private.  If you wish to see them ask me to add you as a Flickr contact.