Florida : Sunday afternoon at Kingsley Plantation

After Big Lunch at Red Lobster, we're looking for something fun. First, we drove to a zoo and my hubby saw a sign for "Kingsley Plantation" then we changed our minds since we did a lot on zoo trip lately. We're heading to its location by crossing a bridge at the northern tip of Fort George Island. Along the way, it's very beautiful and really peaceful just like go back in time.

Once again, with the car.

I think it's pretty cool, a modern car surrounding by old day woods.

Hey, we got here at the front gate of

Kinsley Plantation

Looking to the past

and looking back
oh, here he is ...
around the plantation (very much like Thailand)
In the old day, they planted "Sea Island Cotton" and made a lot of money from this quality seeds. This one is part of some that were showing there at the time
(Looks so dry so I guess it's out of the season)

Inside the old kitchen building which is nowsday notthing much about cooking.
There exhibited how they transfers Slaves in the old days
from Africa to the plantation.
This picture scared me a bit about the way they punished slaves by locking their legs with this wood.


Beside the above traditional punishment, all in all by history the Kingsley seems to treat the slaves well.
The cotton processing;

From the kitchen there were a walkway to the family house and it is located on the riverside which is very pretty and peaceful.

We walked through the deck and see some people were enjoying their boating day.
So wonderful!

See behide is the Kingsley House

All pretty scenes along the way from deck back to the house.

Our dream house

The weather was very nice, we took a rest by sitting on the bench in front of the house and in front of us is the riverside scene which was stunning.

I asked my hubby for an amused shot with the pile trees behide.

Yeppp, he as tall as the trees!

But this is us, we always together.

When we walked back to the backyard of the house,

there were an old well which we guessed it's still work(?)

Oh, my boy...

There were a barn behide.

Inside the barn, its ground was like grinded shells.

Another view of the barn

We walked cross the street and parking lot to the Slaves house behide.

There are aligning in a row, actually a unique pretty scene.

All the buildings here is very interesting by its construction.

They were called "whole shell tabby" since it is whole oyster shells with concrete.

Each slave cabin is a small unit in a same floor plan - one main entry way to a small room inside and another same size room which had a fire place.

The last cabin was under restoring and it's more in good condition especially the roof

As I said above I felt like the Slaves were not been treated so bad since the place showed us how well the individually cabin they were one time living here which I'm glad.

They more like a big family and actually the owner was married one of his slaves and she became the owner of this plantation later.

We do like this experience and happy that we made this trip.

The day was just perfect.

and it's another great memory we'll never forget.