The Brome-Howard Inn from its drive way.

The Brome-Howard Inn.

The back yard and the rear porch of the Brome-Howard Inn

Tables for outdoor dining at the Brome-Howard Inn.

This trestle is for wedding ceremonies at the Brome-Howard Inn.

The grass clippings kind of reminded me of the dirt trail Bugs Bunny some times leaves.

This tree had a large trunk basically growing sideways.

The Maryland Dove, built to resemble a trade ship in the 1600s.

Rope texture.

An old fashioned bucket - no plastic to be found.

One of the Maryland Dove's crew members.

One of the Maryland Dove's crew members.

The captain of the Maryland Dove.

One of the Maryland Dove's crew members.

Part of the Maryland Dove's crew during the cannon signaling demonstration. They explained how the two cannons were used for signaling other ships and for salutes rather than defense.

The mistress of the Godiah Spray plantation explains what we'll be seeing.

There's a daily musket firing demonstration at the Spray Tobacco Plantation. The back story of the demo is a test of the indentured servant's musket skills.

Firing a musket is a lot more complicated than just pulling the trigger.

Firing a musket is a lot more complicated than just pulling the trigger.

Finally, the musket fires.

One of the plantation workers.

The upstairs of the plantation house. These are beds that the servants and workers would use. The master and mistress of the house would sleep in the kitchen by the fireplace.

This shot was taken inside one of the buildings used to dry the tobacco.

Drying tobacco.

Pigs were one of the animals kept on the plantation.

Chickens were also kept on the plantation.

Chickens were also kept on the plantation.

This some what large spider wasn't really part of the plantation visit, but it was hard to miss.