We could not pass by The Harrison Lake National Fish Hatchery without stopping. This gave the kids a chance to stretch, skip a few rocks and enjoy a wonderful lake.
The last stop before entering Williamsburg was the home of President Tyler. We took a quick tour of the grounds and enjoyed a simple lunch before moving on.
Day two completed the travel to the Great Wolf Lodge.
As we hit the road on Saturday morning we had no plan other than heading North on I95. I tried to make South of the Border our first stop. I have never seen the world from the top of a giant sombrero. I couldn’t convince the rest of the crowd that we were missing a huge educational and cultural experience and we continued north.
We stopped at the NC Welcome Center for maps, photos and ideas before pushing northward again.
Hours and miles passed and Historical Halifax appeared on the horizon. We honestly expected this to be a joke, but we were pleasantly surprised. There visitor center would close in 15 minutes, but there staff was extremely polite. They allowed us to stay a little late to view a really cool video about the area and provided information for a self tour of the site. This stop allowed the kids to stretch before the final leg to exit 11B on I95 in Virginia.
We had one last stop to grab another map and photos before turning in for the night. We survived day one and will try to keep you updated as we continue on this journey.
I’ll try to post a few pics this week while we are on the road. I guess I will have to settle for the exercise bike at the hotel. Two weeks until the MS Ride. Not a good time to miss a week of riding.
It’s Friday morning. We are scheduled to depart on our vacation in the morning. The news is reporting the gas prices may jump by $1.50 today. Last night most of the stores in town were out of gas completely. We’ll have to wait and see what happens before we make our decision. Gas @ $5 per gallon would probably not stop us from going, the question is can we get enough to get back next weekend?
Want to know something about us that I haven’t posted yet???
I run a homeschool co-op called HEART – Homeschoolers Educating through Art, Recreation, and Technology.
Talk about making homeschooling fun!!! HEART is fun AND educational.
Classes are 1 day a week – in the Spring we do 16 weeks and in the Fall we do 12 weeks. We try to pack everything into this one day so we can focus on our “book” work the rest of the week. We have classes for everything – Solar System to Chemistry, from Art to Cartooning, from Writing to Literature studies, from playground games to Photography, from dance to Tae Kwon Doe and everything in between. Moms teach classes and we also pay local artist/instructors to teach classes. It’s a great day for the kids and a great day for the parents. The moms love getting to hang out with other homeschoolers and support each other and love on each other.
This is my 3rd year leading this group. We have over 65 families and over 150 kids onsite each week. THIS IS MY MINISTRY and I LOVE IT!!! This is also the area God is using to grow me. Of course, He grows me daily in our homeschooling but He is also growing my leadership skills each day through our co-op.
As with everything else in my life (probably because I’m not great at sitting still and listening for God’s call), this was an “accidental” undertaking on my part. However, from the first week I knew this was my call, it has blessed me and my family and made our homeschool experience even more rich and has blessed us with friends we love sharing life with.
If you are interested in getting a co-op started in your area and would like advice, don’t hesitate to ask. I have great resources and experience that I would love to share with you.
But you must have the HEART for it … leadership comes from the HEART … and it will flow from you to your group.
By the way, I had just finished reading Waking the Dead when I learned I needed to start a co-op in our area. That’s when I got stuck on the name HEART.
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