Little House on the Prairie: American Folk Museum Part 2

For part one see here

Having gone down the Irish street we entered the docking area to the ship that would take us to the American side:

And yes, that is my husband carrying my hand bag. He carried it so I could take photos. It takes a very confident man to carry a woman’s bag and wear pink crocs (not allowed to show that picture!). Thanks sweetheart!

We went to get our tickets:

The ticket office

Inside the ticket office

And then boarded the ship:

The outside of the ship

Boarding it

Aboard the ship we were able to look at the sleeping arrangements:

The bunks which lined the entire lower deck

And a close up of an individual bed. I'm thinking not very, very comfortable. — And a close up of an individual bed. I’m thinking not very, very comfortable. Also I’m 5 foot 9 and I know my feet would stick out quite a considerable distance. I guess the average traveller was much shorter back in the 1800’s

We saw the food preparation area:

We went upstairs to the top deck via some very steep steps:

The front of the ship

The middle of the ship where a man stocks the fire — The middle of the ship where a man stokes the fire

And the back of the ship

The chickens kept in a cage for eggs and meat

And finally we left the ship to enter America:

I’ll post on the American side tomorrow.