French Fort

Monday morning, I took the monkeys downtown to see their dad hard at work excavating Fort Pickering, a Civil War fort, in the oldest part of Memphis. He's been braving the heat for over two weeks now, but it looks like it's worth it--the digging is way more interesting than sitting at a desk.

The monkeys love playing in the dirt, so they fit right in. Satchel actually requested to stay all day. In the short time we were there they found some artifacts of their own, got a mini-history lesson, and saw all the aspects of a Phase II dig. Not a bad way to start the day.