As showers began falling, we decided that it would be in our best interest to hold off on digging until the skies cleared again. With nothing to do, we headed to town to check out the Station 2 Café, an old decommissioned firehouse turned local pâtisserie.
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| The old firefighting equipment adorning the walls was a nice touch |
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| Cakes, pies, muffins, cookies, and other assorted deliciousness |
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| Hold on, let me just scan this banana with my phone -_- |
After only 3 days, I've noticed three things about Ste Genevieve: 1) Gas is extraordinarily cheap ($3.30!), 2) You can't cross the street without running into something historical, and 3) There is no shortage of places to find pies. Any delicious treat you could think up, Station 2 had it. With the weather clearing up, we made our way back to the Janis-Ziegler house.
In an effort to get down to the historic material, Dr. Scott had us read through the field notes for surrounding test units during past excavations to learn how deep the sod layer went. Urging us not to be "gentle" with the rooted mass, we scrapped wet screening and worked on getting through to the next level using the 1/4" screen alone.
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| Erin and Leland dry screening for cultural material |
By the end of the day, the units were starting to take shape as topsoil disappeared and profile walls became defined.
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| Test units taking shape as most of the sod layer is removed. |
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| The unit belonging to Kristen and Me. (140R0Q4). Sticking two perfectionists together makes for some awesome walls. |
Due to the forecast calling for downpours all day, the units were covered by tarps and bricks. After recording the day's finds, we left the site looking forward to finding more later this week!
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| Collin and Niki documenting their unit's progress |
Since we wouldn't be doing much work the next day, possible ideas ranged from historic house tours to cemetery walks. We'll see how the weather holds up tomorrow.
~ Scott
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