A unique guide
Every year, Fort Vancouver has had a feast (from its beautiful vegetable gardens) for its volunteers, except the last two. Last year I was not able to visit my favorite place, the kitchens, where I can find still lifes galore. This year it was open. I had a very special historic interpreter/guide...a girl, aged somewhere around 9. She had an incredible encyclopedic knowledge of the fort. When I went into the kitchens she was alone, her dad having gone to use the facilities. She took on the persona of a Fort Vancouver inhabitant, and everything she told me was through that POV, instead of an "American" settler. I actually learned more from her than I have from other docents. Too bad her parental unit came back, she was on a roll. What a mind! You can see her parental unit in the back.
A unique guide
Every year, Fort Vancouver has had a feast (from its beautiful vegetable gardens) for its volunteers, except the last two. Last year I was not able to visit my favorite place, the kitchens, where I can find still lifes galore. This year it was open. I had a very special historic interpreter/guide...a girl, aged somewhere around 9. She had an incredible encyclopedic knowledge of the fort. When I went into the kitchens she was alone, her dad having gone to use the facilities. She took on the persona of a Fort Vancouver inhabitant, and everything she told me was through that POV, instead of an "American" settler. I actually learned more from her than I have from other docents. Too bad her parental unit came back, she was on a roll. What a mind! You can see her parental unit in the back.