It’s fall y’all and if you live in Virginia that means it’s time to visit one of the many pick your own apple orchards. We are fortunate in Central Virginia to have several family friendly apple orchards. So where can you go to enjoy the satisfaction that comes from gathering your own harvest? Which apple […]
Looking for a unique fun educational experience that feels like a vacation? Check out the Chincoteague Bay Field Station’s upcoming adventures. They have programs all year long. There programs are not just for homeschoolers. CBFS has programs for EVERYONE! They offer courses and field trips for college students, grades schools, families, and the community. You […]
Today we traveled to Pocomoke River State Park. Pocomoke is located in Southern Maryland and is famous for its stands of Loblolly pine and Cypress swamps. At the park we canoed on the river. We got to take a close look at the roots of many cypress trees and we saw mistletoe growing in tree […]
Well we had a fantastic day! Our morning activity was definitely a hands on feet wet education. We went out onto the Chincoteague Bay in or should I say on a flat bottomed skiff boat. We learned how to capture organisms using an otter trowler we pulled the net back in we sorted throug the […]
Inexpensive Activities for the family in Richmond, VA We’ve been looking at vacation places for our next trip. Richmond Va popped up and I wanted to see how many fun and cheap places there were to visit in the area. While compiling the list I thought I was probably not the only one looking. So […]
