Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Beginning
Our travels started when our older brothers and their families lived in other states. When we first started we teased that we would visit all 50 states before we graduate and it has turned into a wonderful reality. Traveling can be a great learning experience for children and parents if you make it fun. We think that there is no greater way to learn history and geography. Try an educational vacation with your family.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Recipes
You are going to want great campfire recipes. You'll have fun learning to cook and enjoy tasting different foods as you travel. It's lots of fun to cook over a campfire।You can roast hot dogs, hamburgers, fish,corn on the cob and of course marshmallows and S'mores। You can get fresh vegetables and fruit at roadside stands to make your meals healthy and enjoyable। You can also cook on an electric skillet,crockpot or an electric skillet, crockpot or gas stove, but campfires are lots more fun.You can even have the children gather fire wood from around the park if it's allowed. If you are traveling during a meal time you can stop along the roadside at scenic overlooks and or picnic areas. Just remember to clean up all your trash, there may be bears lurking! It can also be fun to stop at the local restaurants and try the local food, whether it's Cajun, Barbecue, Tex Mex, steak, seafood, alligator, craw fish or as simple as Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches. Make your meals memorable.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Camping
Our family likes camping in State Parks and National Parks rather than the crowded RV Parks. There's always something to do and see. There are often family events going on in the parks which can be a lot of fun. We like to drive around the parks and look for wildlife. You can camp in tents, camping cabins, campers or RVs that you borrow, rent or own. Make your camping experiences memorable and fun.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Please Post
We would love to hear about some of your travels. If you are getting ready to take a trip you can tell us about it here on the blog and we may be able to give you some helpful information.
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Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit By Klutz Press Traveling by plane, train, or automobile with kids means being prepared for hours of totable fun. Our Kids' Travel Kit includes a sturdy spiral book of games, car rituals, mini-mysteries, IQ tests, origami tricks, songs, sign language, and more activities. Contains a special Kids Pad of games for early and older readers, and a kit of game supplies that includes: six color markers, dice, game pieces, sticky-back foam pieces, one string loop, and six colors of embroidery floss for friendship bracelets and hair wraps. Clip board on back page holds your work in place; spiral binding makes this lap-friendly; 10" square with thousands of miles of fun included. Pack this first and the trip will be much easier! Not intended for children under six years of age, but hours of fun for those older. |
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Sounding Forth the Trumpet - Audiobook on Cassette By Peter Marshall / Baker Sounding Forth the Trumpet brings to life one of the most crucial epochs in our nation's history--the events leading up to and precipitating the Civil War. Narrated by Peter Marshall, this audiobook chronicles the Gold Rush, the Mexican War, the skirmishes of Bleeding Kansas, and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln. The tragic issue of slavery provides the narrative focus throughout the book, opening with John Quincy Adams's struggle to preserve the right of petition in Congress and closing with the election of 1860. This popular U.S. history series also contains The Light and the Glory and From Sea to Shining Sea. Abridged. 3 cassettes. 4 hours, 30 minutes. |
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Sounding Forth the Trumpet Activity Book: Ages 5-8 Peter Marshall and David Manuel successfully adapted their two best-selling history books - The Light and the Glory and From Sea to Shining Sea - into activity books for young children. Now pre-readers and beginning readers can learn more about our national heritage with this activity book. Children ages 5-8 will enjoy learning as they interact with games, coloring pages, illustrations, charts, and a color map of the United States. Activities teach about events that led up to the Civil War, including the Mexican War, the Gold Rush, the skirmishes of Bleeding Kansas, and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln. Covering the years 1837 - 1860, the activity book also focuses on the tragic issue of slavery and on the men and women who were willing to be used by God to bring about change. Parent, home schoolers, Christian schools, church libraries, and many others who have enjoyed the history series will be eager to add this resource to their collection. |
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Mountain of Fire By Paul Thomsen / New Leaf Press (master Books) Mount st. Helens... The incredible spectacle of a volcanic eruption furnishes the backdrop of a daring rescue. Join the brave men who boarded the recovery helicopters, armed with a deep sense of faith and reverence for an awesome God. The catastrophic and instantaneous re-working of the surrounding landscape also demonstrates the scientific plausibility of Bibical Creation. |
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Lewis and Clark: In Their Own Words By George Sullivan / Scholastic Trade In Their Own Words: Lewis and Clark tells the exciting story of the lives of these explorers using the journals they kept on their journey west. William Clark's journal entry for May 14, 1804, marks the day that Lewis and Clark set out on their two-year journey from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Ocean and back again. During their voyage of discovery, Lewis and Clark accomplished many exciting things. Did you know that the Lewis and Clark expedition:
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Lewis and Clark: Songs of the Journey Companion By Kindra Ankney / Edge Of The Woods Publishing This well-researched and beautifully illustrated volume features background information and journal quotes upon which the CD Lewis and Clark: Songs of the Journey is based. Related sidebars, activities, and recipes - along with nearly 300 pen-and-ink drawings - provide an inspiring study of the Lewis and Clark Expedition for young and old alike. Lewis and Clark: Songs Of The Journey Companion is a wonderful complement to its musical counterpart. |
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Lewis and Clark: Songs of the Journey Companion-- Book and CD By Kindra Ankney & Bobby Horton / Edge Of The Woods Publishing A combination of journal, nature log, cookbook, and (of course) history book---this is not your run-of-the-mill text! Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, this study provides backgound information on the Lewis and Clark expedition, actual journal quotes, and copious sidebars with related information, recipes, and activities. Includes a companion CD featuring original songs by the author. Ages 12 and up. 125 pages, softcover from Edge-of-the-Woods. |
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Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery - Audiobook on Cassette By Dayton Duncan, Adam Arkin, Ken Burns / Random House, Inc In the spring of 1804, a party of explorers set out from St. Louis in search of the Northwest Passage, a possible water route across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. Under the leadership of two starkly different commanders, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, this diverse group calling itself the Corps of Discovery was comprised of soldiers, French Canadian boatmen, a slave named York, and, eventually, an Indian woman named Sacagawea and her infant son. Together this motley crew faced hardship, danger, and the possibility of failure as they crossed a continent by boat and on foot. Along the way, they recorded in their journals hundreds of never-before-seen plants and animals, encounters with new Native American cultures, and details of their remarkable adventures. Read by Adam Arkin and a supporting cast. Abridged. 4 cassettes. 4 hours. |
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Lewis and Clark: Songs of the Journey, Compact Disc [CD] By Bobby Horton / Edge Of The Woods Publishing As the Corps of Discovery made their way across this continent, they sang. Music was regularly employed to brighten spirits, pass time, and enhance diplomacy. How appropriate, therefore, to commemorate their journey lyrically, accompanied with a captivating blend of instruments available to citizens in 1804-1806 America. Based on journal entries and related historical documents, Songs of the Journey provides a beginning-to-end look at the expedition in a way that is sure to please Lewis and Clark students of all ages and knowledge levels. |
By Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns / Random House, Inc
This is the companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full-color. In the spring of 1804, at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson, a party of explorers called the Corps of Discovery crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri, heading west into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. The expedition, led by two remarkable and utterly different commanders--the brilliant but troubled Meriwether Lewis and his trustworthy, gregarious friend William Clark--was to be the United States' first exploration into unknown spaces. The unlikely crew came from every corner of the young nation: soldiers from New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and Kentucky, French Canadian boatmen, several sons of white fathers and Indian mothers, a slave named York, and eventually a Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea, who brought along her infant son. Together they would cross the continent, searching for the fabled Northwest Passage that had been the great dream of explorers since the time of Columbus. Along the way they would face incredible hardship, disappointment, and danger; record in their journals hundreds of animals and plants previously unknown to science; encounter a dizzying diversity of Indian cultures; and, most of all, share in one of America's most enduring adventures. Their story may have passed into national mythology, but never before has their experience been rendered as vividly, in words and pictures, as in this marvelous homage by Dayton Duncan. Plentiful exerpts from the journals kept by the two captains and four enlisted men convey the raw emotions, turbulent spirits, and constant surprises of the explorers, who each day confronted the unknown with fresh eyes.
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