The weather cleared and warmed enough for all of us Haddens to make a trip to Mystic, CT last Sunday. We visited Mystic Seaport, a replica of a 19th century seafaring village with all kinds of cool exhibits, including anything and everything to do with historic ships, homes of the era, and a blacksmith demonstrating old-timey metal works (my favorite of the day). It was a neat place to visit----in fact, Kyle and I bought season passes so we'll make sure to go back several times this summer. There were some kid-sized boats for the children to play on and Hayes made himself right at home, not intimidated by the bigger kids.
In the shipyard section of the Seaport, there were displays of the various types of wood ideal for crafting ships. Imagine our surprise when we saw this HUGE piece of wood that was from pretty close to home--Johns Island, SC. It was a 600 year old live oak from the Gervais Plantation that was felled during Hurricane Hugo in 1989. It and 10 other truckloads of live oak were salvaged and donated to the Seaport after Hugo.
This is the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship in the world, that the Seaport is restoring over the course of the next few years: 
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The Morgan was my very favorite ship when we were there when I was younger. I spent the whole day on it when we were there. You can't go on it now, I guess with the restoration? Will they reopen it in a couple years? We may have to postpone our visit until it's back in commission...
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