Photos From Camping in the Old Style

  

          

Camping and Tommy

Tomorrow is Camping in the Old Style. which is just as it seems, a group ofre-enactors will be camping out in our field. they will be showing four typical canvas tent styles, showing fire building with flint and friction and be cooking over an open fire.  and yes they will be sleeping out in the 35 degree weather, and no yours truly will not be joining them. because this program is presented by the Traditional Outdoor Skills Program, Schiele Museum of Natural History, all of the re-enactors are trained staff they will be wearing the garb, walking the walk and talking the talk. when you come upon the 1900 era blacksmith shop you will also feel like you have stepped back in time with a real live camp.

Next week is is the Legend of Tommy Hodges. Legend has it that a student from the Biltmore Forest School disappeared on Halloween night in 1906, this is his story. Each year the Cradle of Forestry in America present this Legend a slightly different way, as what really happened to Tommy Hodges is still a mystery. Visitors will be lead down a the Biltmore Campus Trail where they will encounter characters of the play. With in each of the old buildings there will be a few min skit to tell that part of whole story. you may meet Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck, founder of the Biltmore Forest School, or Mrs. Gillespie, wife of the head ranger, or students from the forestry school. each of these characters play a role in the mystery of Tommy Hodges.

Pictures will definitely follow!