In lesson 1 of our science program (Apologia’s Zoology 2: Exploring Creation with Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day) we learned what estuaries are and the brackish water that fills them. Basically, estuaries are where rivers meet oceans or seas. The water is brackish – a mix of fresh and salt water. We read aboutContinue reading “Carmel River State Beach”
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Roadschooling East to West – Up the Pacific Coast Highway
We’re reaching the end! After leaving Hollywood we drove over to Malibu to start our drive up the Pacific Coast Highway. It’s the first time I’d seen the Pacific Ocean from the continent! We took two days to drive up the highway and reach our destination. Ocean, mountains, valleys, farms, wildlife, we saw it all! I’llContinue reading “Roadschooling East to West – Up the Pacific Coast Highway”
Roadschooling – East to West: Hooray for Hollywood
I know I’m not talking much about schooling anymore. The girls have been doing a daily page each day that includes some math, copy work, daily calculations, etc. They’ve also been filling out a state page for each state we go through. This day they filled out their last state page: California! The drive fromContinue reading “Roadschooling – East to West: Hooray for Hollywood”
Roadschooling East to West: Vegas and Hoover Dam
It’s normally about a four hour drive from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas, with a speed limit of 70 most of the way. When you’re driving in the “monsoon season”, however, you might end up driving around 40 miles an hour for quite a while through driving rain, extending your trip time. Ugh. We triedContinue reading “Roadschooling East to West: Vegas and Hoover Dam”
Roadschooling – East to West: The Canyons
Northern Arizona is so cool. There are so many things to see and do. If you have AT&T as your cell service, however, don’t expect to be able to talk to anyone about it. Few places offer functional wifi either. So, it’s been several days since I could update here. We left New Mexico andContinue reading “Roadschooling – East to West: The Canyons”
Roadschool – East to West: Down day
We are into our third week of the trip! Around 3,800 miles 13 states so far (we will pick up 14-16 tomorrow!) 4 out of 5 biomes covered (aquatic, forest, grassland, and desert. We won’t go through tundra, thankfully) 5 of the 8 North American ecoregions covered (Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains,Continue reading “Roadschool – East to West: Down day”
Not So SAHM 