Last Sunday, we all headed out for a day about town in beautiful Lockport, IL. The focus of our trip was the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M). The I&M Canal was commissioned in 1823 in order to connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River). This marked the first complete shipping [...]
hiking, history, and the i&m canal
October 19th, 2010
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Tags: hiking · history · museums · nature · photos · play
the petrifed forest, where the wood is stonier
July 6th, 2009
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Well, we’ve been busy (and a little lazy, which is what vacations are all about, right?). Since we arrived in Sedona, AZ last Thursday night, we’ve spent much of our time just hanging out around the house. It’s a nice place–much nicer than the house in Santa Fe–but not quite as remote or private. The [...]
Tags: family fun · hiking · natural history · nature · photos · road-schooling
letterboxing: stroll, sit, stamp
June 1st, 2009
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We’ve discovered a new pastime–treasure hunting, otherwise known as letterboxing. Some of our fellow homeschoolers let us in on this mysterious activity. Actually, it was only a mystery insofar as we had never heard of it. Something can’t be much of a mystery when it has its own website (letterboxing.org), but it is fun to [...]
Tags: family fun · hiking · letterboxing · nature · video
