"Field Trips" play an integral part in our homeschooling efforts. Anything from enjoying a nature walk to experiencing pre-Restoration religion at Historic Christ Church to living history in Jamestown to enjoying a picnic on a college campus to watching prop planes take off and land at the regional airport to exploring our backyard. The possibilities are endless. You name it...we want our kids to soak it all in and ask questions and be curious and feel and laugh and live.
How grateful we are to live in Virginia right now. We would certainly enjoy being closer to grandparents...but we want to take full advantage of the opportunities all around us. So here's what we'll be up to. Join us by clicking on all the links! :)
Day Trips (in no particular order)
- Richmond - both the capital and confederate capital
- Maymont
- Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown
- Skyline Dr in the fall
- Picnic on The Lawn & the Dome Room at UVa
- Monticello Trail
- Shirley Plantation
- Airport
- Historic Christ Church
- Downtown Mall
- Michie Tavern
- Carter Mountain Orchard
- Culpeper
- Hatton Ferry
- Salem
- Ash-Lawn Highland (home of James Monroe)
- Montpelier (home of James Madison)
- Monticello (home of Thomas Jefferson)
Overnight Trips
- White Sulphur Springs - Organ Cave and the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park (June)
- Virginia Beach (August)
- Washington D.C. (whenever Glen & Cheryl will let us stay:))
Big Trips
- St. Louis (April 2009)
- Gettysburg - Palmyra, NY - Niagara Falls - Kirtland, OH (August 2009 or Spring 2010)
5 comments:
Sounds like you have many adventures ahead for you and the family! That's exciting. I wish we lived closer because there is so much history in the east and unless you live closer it's not easy to just go to and visit!
PS. BTW, if you ever make it up to PA, that's where Thomas (the Tank Engine) is always so you may want to check into that too!!!
Have fun and do take it all in cause you never know when you may move again and the next move may take you far from all those things!
SO fun! I love that you have it all planned out. Zak loves to fly by the seat of his pants, so we're lucky if we have actual plans for any decent length of time prior to a trip.
I'm sure the trips will yield many wonderful blog posts!
Take it all in. I took Heather and Holly to Tulare, Calif once. And Once Laurel and Holly went with me to Somerset, KY. All memorable trips. I even took Mom to Springfield, IL once. All journal entry's.
I'm so excited for April 2009, I know a year away, but hey, I can be excited early. We will plan on coming up for a visit at that time.
We are more like Sarah and Zak, I tend to fly by the seat of my pants for trips and outings too! But whatever makes you and the fam happy!
Whew! I'm tired just reading the list. What a wonderful place to live and learn about this great country's beginnings. So happy for you. Sure miss you all:-(
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