Posted in cross-coutry trip on Jul 5th, 2008 9 Comments »
Where the buffalo roam… and the deer (ok, elk)… and the antelope play… Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day! Happy birthday, America! What a big, beautiful country we live in, and I feel very blessed to have been able to see a generous cross-section of it [...]
Posted in cross-coutry trip, nature study on Jul 3rd, 2008 12 Comments »
We saw a LOT of bears on this trip. Most were black bears (about a dozen, including a couple of mother and cub duos), and of course the Spirit bear of my last post. And then there was this guy/gal. Grizzly. Big. Not friendly. You could tell by the look in his eyes he was [...]
Posted in cross-coutry trip, nature study on Jul 2nd, 2008 16 Comments »
We are home!!!! We got to Fairbanks yesterday around midnight and are so glad to be here! But what a wonderful trip we had! Two weeks of traveling, 4996 miles, and so many wonderful sights seen across an entire continent. What a trip! And it was a blessed trip in so many ways. I have [...]
Posted in cross-coutry trip on Jun 28th, 2008 9 Comments »
but just wanted to post a very brief update. Our truck broke down at mount Rushmore and we spent 4 days in Rapid City SD waiting for repairs. It was a bit of a snag but if you have to break down somewhere, you could do much worse than SD. What a super state with [...]
Posted in cross-coutry trip on Jun 23rd, 2008 16 Comments »
Oh, my goodness. If you ever get the opportunity to visit Badlands National Park, JUST DO IT! What a spectacular place! We had so much fun exploring the features here…caves, bluffs, peaks, arches and canyons. All just beautiful, and so VERY different from home! Yes, that’s me again! Wow, my own face on my own [...]
Posted in cross-coutry trip on Jun 22nd, 2008 8 Comments »
Finally I am able to post some pics. I am short on time, so I’ll just post a few today. Hopefully more tomorrow. Well..here we are! Our last moment at our home in NC. All packed up and ready to roll! Everything we own is packed into this 7X14 trailer and let me tell you,despite [...]
Posted in cross-coutry trip on Jun 14th, 2008 8 Comments »
The plan is to leave tuesday on our cross-country trip. I’ll write more about our itinerary as we firm up the details, but… it looks like we will be skipping Iowa this time through. Any other areas we should be avoiding??? Any heads-up would be appreciated.
Posted in alaska, cross-coutry trip, Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on May 8th, 2008 6 Comments »
Good day today. Superboy did only one page of math today. He just wasn’t feeling “mathy” and that’s ok by me. I have those days myself!LOL! He did spend the day productively with other things. He read a couple of chapters of Life of Pi (surprisingly NOT reading comics) and then worked on his superhero [...]
Posted in alaska, cross-coutry trip on Mar 9th, 2008 8 Comments »
Finally!!! I don’t have time to blog all of the pictures and stories, and I want to do this leg justice, so I will write more later. But for now, just wanted all to know that Superboy and Dad are in Fairbanks (as of late fri night). They are exhausted… but happy, safe and sound. [...]
Posted in alaska, cross-coutry trip, geography on Mar 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
Superboy and dad are really moving. Bye-bye Alberta, hello… British Columbia ! Only about 1500 miles to go, guys! And while they are busy making tracks across Canada… …back here at the home front we are busy tracking our mushers in the Iditarod. What fun! We’ve also been watching Balto (thanks, Netflix!), and the kids [...]
