The following is by Billy:
New Market was fun. We ran around 'the field of lost shoes' playing army. It is called 'field of lost shoes' because the cadets from VMI charged there and it was muddy so they lost their shoes. This was a battle in the Civil War. The cadets were very young and some of them died in the battle. We went through the museum and saw some cool stuff, like: a movie, cannons, maps and uniforms. They did a good job with the museum. We saw a lot of things in the book, Ghost Cadet that we are reading to talk about. After the battlefield, we went to Route 11 Potato Chip factory, it was just a few minutes away. We saw how they make and bag the chips and got to try a bunch of different flavors. They were good. My friend 'dis' and JJ's friend, 'Sir Lancealot' went with us!
And from JJ:
New Market is a Civil War Battlefield. We went there with my friend 'Sir Lancealot' and my brother's friend, 'Dis' came too. We saw the battlefield. I think it would be better if they would have left all the bullets and guns and hospitals on the battlefield. We did see the one of the hospitals they left in the house beside the battlefield. It was funny when we left to go to the Potato Chip factory, the road we wanted to go on was locked and blocked off and we kind of got lost. At the potato chip factory, we tried some different chips. One was VERY spicy. I got the barbeque chips.
Great post, boys!
ReplyDeleteBilly, I want to know your favorite flavor of potato chips, and what part of the book surprised you the most so far?
JJ, why do you call your friend Sir Lancealot? Is his name Lance and that's his nickname?
Billy's favorite flaor of chips....plain old sea salt...although he tried them all, including Mama Zuma's revenge...but promptly yacked that up!
ReplyDeleteAnd JJ cannot reveal the source of his nicknames, to protect their privacy. Who knows, his friend's real name could be Fred or Barney...we will never tell.