Augusta, ME

This week made our third stop in our Road Trip of the USA, Augusta, ME.

We started by locating Maine on our wall map and in our atlas. 

We learned interesting facts about the flag, such as the farmer and seaman on it represent the type of work that was common in early times.

We read about homes in the colonial times, learning that the homes were often very small with only one room, called a keeping room. Families worked, cooked, and ate in the keeping room. Adults and babies slept in the keeping room as well. They slept on jack-beds, which were high but so short that they could not sleep stretched out. Beneath their high beds were trundle beds for small children to sleep. Babies slept in cradles near the fireplace in the keeping room, while older children slept in the attic on scratchy straw or soft mattresses filled with feathers or bits of wool.

We also learned that Maine is famous for it's beauty, as well as their active fishing industry. About 90% of Maine is forest land! Maine's state foods are lobster and blueberries.

Lobster is completely off the table for us, but blueberries are among our favorite fruits. We decided to make orange blueberry muffins. Deeeeeeelicious!!!