Rockport Colony

We went out to the Rockport Hutterite Colony after General Conference this afternoon.

We had a lovely hutterite widow, named Linda, that was gracious enough to give us a tour of their community.  We also had a couple of darling little girls as well as Linda's grandson, Edward, accompany us.

This is their oven.  They make all their food and eat as one company.  Their homes don't have kitchens.  They produce all their own vegetables and grains as well as their meats, eggs and milk products.  They are a completely self sufficient society.

This is another section of kitchen.  The large rectangle things behind Ashton are their griddles!  The lids raise up and they are huge!  The thing by Kodies head that has a glass door is a steamer.  It's almost the size of a regular fridge!

 This is the dining hall.  They separate the men, women and children.  The overhead pegs are for the mens hats and jackets.  This colony has about 110 people living in it.  They all have their assigned duties and all work together to make their daily life possible.

Under the kitchens and dining area are large storage facilities.  This is just one of the numerous fridges that are packed with home bottled produce.

These boys were having a great time with their wagon.  They were a little shy about getting their picture taken, but let us anyway!

The kids start preschool at the age of two.  This is the bathroom in the preschool.  They had two little potties with the big one as well a urinal.  We thought it was funny that all those potties were in one room!

The preschool kids have naps each afternoon.  This little area is their nap room!

This is the little school room in the preschool.

The buildings on the left are the houses.  Each family has their own place.

There were a group of little boys playing in a huge sandbox made from an old tractor tire.

The colony produces milk that goes out to the community.  They hook these cows up to milking machines, the milk goes directly to a storage tank, which is picked up every other day.

This is our friend Allan Miller that took us out to the colony.  Linda and her grandson were a little bashful about a picture.

These cute kids followed us around on our tour.  We had a great time and learned alot!