Homeschool Gettysburg field trip
Oct 17, 2017 07:31:37 #
Our grandchildren are studying the American Civil War and of course, the thing to do was to visit Gettysburg. So, we made the trip last week, all ten of us living for three days in a 37' travel trailer! We did the battlefield tour using an auto tour cd (excellent, BTW) as well as commentary from Paul's dad who is an avid Civil War buff. The weather wasn't the greatest - the sky was a flat, featureless grey and it mizzled off and on all day, but we all had a great time and the children came away with memories that made history come alive, which is what homeschooling is all about!
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Grandpa Sheldon in his element!
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The NC monument
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Oct 17, 2017 08:00:34 #
WOW! You're brave! But what a treat for those kids. Nicely done. Visiting those battlefields is truly a moving experience.
Oct 17, 2017 08:51:46 #
AzPicLady wrote:
WOW! You're brave! But what a treat for those kids. Nicely done. Visiting those battlefields is truly a moving experience.
Thank you! It was a fun experience even though ten in a trailer is a wee bit cramped
I was 12 years old the last time I visited there and this time I knew much more of its history.Oct 17, 2017 09:30:03 #
Oct 17, 2017 12:01:23 #
Great set. My family and I were just there in September. It was our first time and I would definitely go back again.
Shane
Shane
Oct 17, 2017 13:01:38 #
shakr524 wrote:
Great set. My family and I were just there in September. It was our first time and I would definitely go back again.
Shane
Shane
Hope you had better weather than we did - was it your shot of the cannon facing the rising sun? It was beautiful!
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Oct 18, 2017 09:44:43 #
We did have beautiful weather on our trip. The cannon shot was mine, thank you for looking at it. We are also a home schooling family so for us this was a field trip :-). Thanks again for sharing your photos.
Shane
Shane
SueScott wrote:
Hope you had better weather than we did - was it your shot of the cannon facing the rising sun? It was beautiful!
Oct 18, 2017 09:50:07 #
shakr524 wrote:
We are also a home schooling family so for us this was a field trip :-).Shane
It's a wonderful lifestyle, isn't it? We hsed our daughter from 6th grade through high school and she's now doing it for her five.
Oct 18, 2017 09:54:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Looks like fun. That's a pretty big trailer.
We had a great time. The trailer is 37' with three bump-outs but it was still pretty crowded with 10 of us! Daughter and her husband took it on a 4 week trip out west with their five children - their eldest daughter (12) was totally burned out having to share such small living quarters with her younger siblings for all that time!
Oct 18, 2017 09:55:18 #
jrcarpe wrote:
Absolutely beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
Oct 18, 2017 17:35:02 #
We really enjoy it and our kids do as well.
SueScott wrote:
It's a wonderful lifestyle, isn't it? We hsed our daughter from 6th grade through high school and she's now doing it for her five.
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