We’ve been a great many field trips in all the years I’ve homeschooled. We started homeschooling in 2001. I began blogging about it in 2005, and many of our field trips have been documented in some fashion here. I still have a ton to get blogged, but homeschooling got ahead of me – my eldest […]
Field Trip Foto Friday: Meramec Caverns
Only sixty short minutes from the St. Louis Arch is the buried underground cave where Jessie James once hid from authorities. His ‘strong box’ safe (from the train robbery at Gadshill, Missouri) and a few of his rifles still remain in the cave. Even farther back in history, the Meramec Cave (nicknamed “America’s favorite cave”) […]
Postcards From Texas: East Texas, Hwy 59
I promised another postcard from our Texas trip, so here it is. Shhhh! Just don’t tell anyone I’m really not in Texas anymore. I was yesterday, however… and I jotted down a little note here and there along our scenic drive up Highway 59 to share with you when I got back to Arkansas. On […]
Postcards from Texas: Houston
We have a lot of family in Houston and we visit here quite a bit. I have spent many a year in this city and can tell you honestly that despite its size and spreading limits, it isn’t a bad place. One of the highlights of visiting here is the fact that there is always […]
Field Trip Foto Friday: Houston Studio Glass
Glass blowing and glass art are extremely interesting… and the team at Houston Studio Glass put on an exceptionally educational demonstration at their studio not far from downtown Houston back in February of 2004. Here are a few things we learned on our trip (mind you that the group of children who attended were between […]
