…continuing through PennsylvaniaState #14 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Check out our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary. We are rail fanatics. Because we have videos of the Strasburg railroad (among many, many others), we had to stop by Strasburg while we were in the area. Unfortunately, some of the railroad sites were closed (like the National Toy Train Museum), but we […]
Hershey’s Chocolate World in Pennsylvania {50 States}
…final stop in Pennsylvania. State #14 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Check out our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary. As our final stop before heading to Ohio, we visited Hersey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, PA. We took a trip through Hershey’s Great American Chocolate Tour, a free amusement ride that shows you the process of making Hershey Chocolate. Warning: The Hershey […]
Early America History Trip: Northeastern Loop
We’ve finished 48 of 48. Talk about #scheduleinterrupted! When I started looking at our upcoming summer activities this summer, it dawned on me that we’d have to interrupt the end of our school year to go on the trip we’d been planning for this summer. So… it’s been quiet here for over a month due […]
Ten Thousand Miles?!?
It’s been pretty quiet over here at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood lately. That’s because we’ve just completed a 38-day road trip with over 150 stops in 20 different states crossing 4 different U.S. time zones and traveling a total of 10,334 miles (all in a minivan). And somehow I thought I was going to continue writing and posting […]
John 1 Latin Flashcards & Games
Years ago, I wasn’t at all interested in the Latin part of a classical education. I didn’t see why we needed to learn Latin when we could learn a more “useful” language. However, we decided to trust wiser and more experienced folks and just go with it. At first, we just memorized verb and noun […]
Christmas wRap 2013 – Our Year in Rhyme
Recounting the events of Twenty Thirteen January, December, and the months in between. Our year has been full of travel and fun, So let us track back through the things that we’ve done. January marked our first trip to Disney. Levi was enamored with a duck named Daisy. We met our good Florida friends at […]
Family fun in Philly {50 States}
Now entering…. Pennsylvania! State #14 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Stops for this trip were planned solely from the recommendations of Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood readers! For our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary, click here. In light of the current situation with our National Parks (which makes me a bit sick), I continue our memoirs from our trip back in May […]
Sightseeing Valley Forge & Gettysburg {50 States}
…continuing through Pennsylvania! State #14 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. For our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary click here. We continue our trip through Pennsylvania with drive-thru sightseeing tours of Valley Forge and Gettysburg… Note: Pennsylvania has these interstates that are super-long toll roads. No problem except if you don’t have a pass, you can only get off at certain exits. […]
Amish Country – Lancaster County, PA {50 States}
…continuing through Pennsylvania State #14 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Check out our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary. We stayed a few days at Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse, PA. Kitchen Kettle includes a petting zoo, where you might see some strange-looking llamas. [ha.ha.] The animals there are a bit obsessive about food. Kitchen Kettle is a village of country stores […]