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Visiting New River Gorge Bridge

May 27, 2018 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

  We headed about an hour and a half away to visit the New River Gorge Bridge.  It was built in 1977 and, at one time, was the longest arch bridge in the world.  Today, it is the second largest arch bridge in the world.  Pretty neat, right?  Our first stop was the New River … [Read more…]

Posted in: Full Time Travelers, Hiking, Homeschooling, Junior Ranger Program, National Parks, Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Travel, Travel Nursing Tagged: Hiking, Junior Ranger Program, mountains, New River Gorge Bridge, outdoors, sightseeing, travel, views, West Virginia

Enjoying Nature at Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands

March 28, 2018 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Today we visited another Wetland area, Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands.   Walking up to the center there is a butterfly garden on each side of the walkway.  There is also signs labeling some surrounding trees and plants.  I have found that this is fun way for the kids to learn about the different … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing Tagged: birds, Florida, outdoors, sightseeing, travel, turtles, wetlands, wildlife

Seeing the Sequoias- Big Tree State Park

September 29, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Visiting the Big Trees Today we took a trip to Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Arnold, California.  This was another location to mark off of the bucket list.  For years I have wanted to see ‘the big trees’.  Before visiting California and the Redwood National Park I did not know the difference between Redwoods … [Read more…]

Posted in: Junior Ranger Program, Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Travel, Travel Nursing Tagged: Big Tree State Park, Enjoying God's Creation, Sequoias, sightseeing, travel

Our Visit to Yosemite National Park

September 14, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Today we spent the day at Yosemite National Park.  I’m knocking the places I have always wanted to visit off of my list. We enjoyed walking around and taking in the sites.  The girls, of coarse, signed up for the Junior Ranger Program, and began working on their booklets. One of my favorite things here … [Read more…]

Posted in: Junior Ranger Program, National Parks, Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing Tagged: Enjoying God's Creation, sightseeing, travel, Yosemite National Park

Tuzigoot National Monument

April 10, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

           

Posted in: Homeschooling, Junior Ranger Program, National Parks, Outdoor Love, Uncategorized Tagged: Junior Rnger Program, sightseeing, Tuzigoot National Monument

Pioneer Village

April 2, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Another sightseeing adventure- Today we are visiting Pioneer Village at the Pioneer Living History Museum. The Pioneer village boasts many original buildings as well as reconstructed ones.  Their website does a great job of explaining each of it’s exhibits and the history behind each.  We had a great day exploring and again, I took tons … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sight Seeing Tagged: Arizona, Pioneer Living History Museum, sightseeing

Our Trip to Sedona, Arizona

March 7, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

  Sedona- the beautiful red rocks of Arizona. If you ever visit Arizona may sure you plan a trip to Sedona.  It amazes me how different Sedona is from where we currently live in Arizona.  This area is surrounded with big, beautiful red rocks.  Drive 15 minutes from Sedona and you find yourself on top … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Travel Tagged: Arizona, Beautiful Red Rock Mountains, Sedona, sightseeing, Teal Arches

Montezuma National Monument

February 6, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Our Visit to  Montezuma Castle National Monument One of my favorite things to do while traveling is to visit the National Parks an Monuments. Today we visited Montezuma Castle. The main attraction is a 5-story structure that with 45 rooms built into the side of a cliff. Early American settlers mistakenly thought that it was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Full Time Travelers, Hiking, Homeschooling, Junior Ranger Program, National Parks, Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Travel Nursing Tagged: Junior Ranger Program, Montezuma National Monument, sightseeing

Sahuaro Ranch, Glendale, Arizona

January 26, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

    Today  we ventured out to visit Historic Sahuaro Ranch in Glendale, Arizona.  The historic ranch is 17 acres with 13 original outbuildings including corrals, stables, a dairy barn, milk house, rose garden, barnyard and historic orchards.  Admission is free.  The history of this place gives you a taste of the old ‘wild west’.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Homeschooling, Sight Seeing Tagged: Arizona, Glendale, homeschool field trip, learning, Sahuaro Ranch, sightseeing

Challenger Learning Center of Arizona

January 19, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Today we headed out to Peoria, Arizona to the Challenger Center of Arizona.   Per their website The Challenger Center of Arizona is an organization created by the families of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.  We would like to share our pictures of the visit with you.     We thoroughly enjoyed the artwork made of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Arizona Challenger Space Center, homeschool field trip, sightseeing

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