ON MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007 WE VISITED "CRACKER COUNTRY" LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY OF THE FLORIDA STATE FAIRGROUNDS IN TAMPA.
ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUALS HAD A GREAT TIME AND MANY SAID "I WANT TO COME BACK" AND "THIS WAS FUN". THEY LEARNED HOW PEOPLE LIVED IN FLORIDA MANY YEARS AGO, AND WERE ABLE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE AS SHOWN BY THESE PICTURES.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE BUTTER, DO LAUNDRY ON A WASHBOARD, MAKE ROPE, CANDLES, VISITED AN OLD SCHOOL-HOUSE, AND TRY OUT SOME OLD WOODEN TOYS THAT CHILDREN PLAYED WITH.
A WONDERFUL DAY WAS HAD BY ALL, AND THE STAFF WERE SO NICE TO US. WE WILL PLAN TO GO BACK ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE.
Lin Brown
Administrator