My mother watched the dogs for us so that we could finally make this trip to NC to see the Biltmore Estate at Christmas time. We went to the candlelight tour, which was over-the-top gorgeous. They don’t allow pictures of the inside of the house, so we had to come back the next day, when [...]
I’m way behind on my blog, but I wanted to tell you about a great program that our homeschool group attended a few days ago. It’s the Quest for Knowledge at Laser Quest. Laser Quest is a company that has it’s roots in Canada and has laser tag facilities all over the country. They have [...]
We stayed the night in Maryland at the Towneplace Suites, and it was the second most comfortable hotel I have ever stayed at. The other hotel was in Santa Fe, but cost $200 MORE per night than this one. So this room felt like a bargain. GB slept on a pull-out sofa and we had [...]
Ever since our Medieval studies, GB has wanted to go to the Medieval Times for dinner. It’s a really cool place because you get to watch a medieval story, with skills tests for the knights, jousting and amazing horsemanship.
When I was planning our trip to DC, one of the other moms made a suggestion that [...]
This weekend I organized a trip to Washington, DC for some of the homeschoolers in our group.
We began our trip at 9:00 and drove, without traffic, for a little over two hours. GB has a fascination for the Asian culture so I knew he’d be thrilled to bits when he found out that the Spy [...]
Today we visited a treasure. It’s a spot in our county that I didn’t know existed. It’s a park, but it’s a mine; an abandoned mine.
Coal was first discovered in Chesterfield County in the early 1700’s. In 1730, commercial mining began in Chesterfield County. It was the first industry this county undertook. It was also [...]
