Fort Macon Fun!

On Saturday we ventured to Atlantic Beach NC to visit Fort Macon! It was built back in the 1800s, and was a Confederate fort.  But... the Union soldiers forced the Colonel to surrender.  I don't know the Colonel's name, but he died at the ripe old age of 29!  Of epilepsy, not during battle...

Anyway, here are some visuals:

The family standing by a cannon:  

We went with the Lloyd Family, here are 2/3 of them (look closely for Erich!):

Andrew in an old bread baking oven:

It doesn't work, don't worry.  The stove is actually a replica since in World War II the original was destroyed for the space to be used as storage.  So nothing was ever cooked in there.

Andrew peeking through a gun hole:

James standing by the Mess Hall:

Andrew and a pile of cannonballs:

Again, no worries.  His Dad was close by:

A video of Andrew walking around:

Here are some shots of the Fort, by itself: