Field Trip Chronicles: Winter/Spring 2012

January

Lake District, Cumbria—We did a lot of hiking in the mud and chilly weather, but it was fun…honestly, it was!

 

February

Quarry Bank Mill and Dunham Massey estate, Cheshire—Toured the mill (we go there a lot) and then met up with friends for a walk at Dunham Massey.

The Mill:

Dunham Massey:

March

Nantwich, Cheshire:

Conwy Castle and Llandudno (North Wales):

Chester, West Cheshire:

Snugburys, Cheshire:

Fountains Abbey and York—We explored this ruined abbey.  The kids delighted in rolling down the hills and also pretending to battle each other inside the abbey.  Later we walked around York, particularly around the cathedral and the historic street “The Shambles.”

The Lake District (again):  

Moffat, Scotland and Grey Mare’s Tail:

April

Lyme Park, Cheshire:  This one was Gabriela only, as the other 2 were at a church Easter event for kids.

Airports/Flying to the US:

Back in Missouri and touring their aunt and uncle’s house (which they saw during the beginning building process the last time we were home)—here’s Gabriela on their deck with her grandpa:

Silver Dollar City (Branson, Missouri):  World Fest—We went to nearly all the shows and saw performers from Africa, Italy, Peru, Switzerland, and Ireland.

Fort Scott, Kansas—We didn’t intend to go this way to Iowa, but we were glad we did.

Iowa and Nebraska—The kids got to see their grandparents, two great-grandmas, aunts, uncles, and cousins…and some family friends, too.  They also got to tour their great-aunt’s bed and breakfast house:

May

I’m only covering the first half of May in this post.  I’ll put the rest in a post about summer vacation field trips, since we finished school half-way through May.

Field Museum, Chicago

This was a cool exhibit, especially neat since we had studied Mongolia earlier in the year.  Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures in this special exhibit.

This is me holding Sophia, the tarantula.  Isaac held her, too, but his photo didn’t turn out very well.  Don’t I look excited?  Actually, I was surprised how soft she was.

Egyptian section:

Who does this look like???  This just gets me every time I look at it!

Gabriela loves the stripy zebras!

That completes our field trip chronicles for the school year 2011-2012.  Click HERE to see the first half of the year!