The Homeschooler's "vacation"

....is more like an extended school field trip.

We can't help it.  We love to learn!

This might be our vacation, and we may not be doing bookwork, but we never stop learning.

Myrtle Beach State Park...a little lesson in southern nature.

Hershey Chocolate World...apparently, they get milk from cows that all swing their tails in unison.  The tour showed how their chocolate bars are made.

Up close and personal with a sting ray at the Huntington State Park, South Carolina.

Pennsylvania Railroad Museum



Guided tour of the Heritage Trail, Mammoth Cave State Park

Historic Tour of Mammoth Cave.  We made it through Fat Man's Misery...wearing the two year old!

Outside the entrance of Mammoth Cave

Cooter's....a ton of historic artifacts from one of our favorite shows!

The kids didn't think I could do it.

Well, I showed them!

Flips and all!

The lesson here...don't say that Mama can't!

We also walked 7 miles of trails...not at one time.  Wow, Kid # 5 is a climber!

Abraham Lincoln's birthplace

Rick and the two older boys also toured the corvette plant, then we all toured the national corvette museum.  So the boys watched how they made $80,000.00 cars then we toured where a handful fell into the sinkhole.  Most of them were donated or on display, compliments of other people.

Earlier in the week we visited the parents of some old-order Mennonite friends of ours.  They happen to be hosting a "work bee" and many men were there to cut wood.  The horses walked on a treadmill that turned a series of belts that ran the saw. The men moved the wood through the saw to make small pieces for the wood stove.  One of the kids said "wow mom-that was VERY educational!".  Obviously, I didn't ask if I could take pictures.  But we did bring home their best wishes for their son and his family.

My dad said once he thought kids learned just as much from visiting historic places and landmarks as they did from history class at school.  Once again Dad.....you're right.