Our homeschooling and home building story.
We went to Yellowstone on our way to the International Pathfinder Camporee. It was like the camporee before the camporee. There were Pathfinders everywhere, from multiple countries. It was so cool. Plus, it was Yellowstone! We stayed in the Grant campground. It was way more crowded than the campground we stayed at Lake Siskiyou and... Continue Reading →
Our big trip this summer was a road trip to Gillette Wyoming for the International Pathfinder Camporee. The largest Adventist migration/pilgrimage/gathering in the world. It was pretty amazing that even our first day on the road, we started seeing cars with Gillette or Bust! or Honk if You're a Pathfinder! on the road. Next time...we'll... Continue Reading →
We got to return to a traditional Ashland 4th of July this year! We did the 2 mile run before the parade, enjoyed the parade and the band concert after. We got to see lots of family and friends and Cas got to meet his second cousin who is only a few months younger than... Continue Reading →
For our first camping trip of 2024 we went to Lake Siskiyou with friends and stopped by Shasta Caverns on the way home. Lake siskiyou is a beautiful lake with a wonderful view of Mt. Shasta. I do wish some of our friends had atypical work schedules like us because...the campground is much nicer in... Continue Reading →
For the kids birthdays, we took them for a day trip to San Francisco. We played at the Exploratorium and then at China beach. It was a great day, the exploratorium just has so much to see and do, I feel like I could spend at least a week there. We definitely didn't see and... Continue Reading →
The last day of our trip we went to the tower of London. We rode the river boat which was included on our Oyster card. That meant that on our trip we had ridden: in a plane, on a double Decker Bus, a regular bus, metro, commuter train, funicular, bullet train, and river boat. Lots... Continue Reading →
After Provins, we said goodbye to our lovely little AirBnB and rode the bullet train back to London. We checked into our hotel, walked a ways along the Thames, got food and headed to the London Eye. We got fast passes to avoid any wait. I will say, by this point Cas was worn out.... Continue Reading →
Easter Sunday we headed outside of Paris about 2 hours to Provins. Provins is a UNESCO world heritage site because of its well preserved medieval architecture. They also host an amazing Easter egg treasure hunt that is free and is mostly a thing for the locals but they did have a stack of English treasure... Continue Reading →
We had enjoyed spotting Sacre Coeur from around the city but it hadn't seemed like a visit was going to work out. But spur of the moment, the kids asked to go Sabbath afternoon rather than visit another park. It meant for another rather late night for the kiddos but we got to ride the... Continue Reading →
Paris is full of parks. We had so many we wanted to get to but really only managed to spend any time in three of them: Bois de Vincennes, a little unnamed neighborhood park in Vincennes and Jardin de Tuileries. We walked through Bois de Vincennes or the unnamed neighborhood park anytime we took the... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 