It might not have been hiking, but it was an important time for me, and it was the last field trip I'd take with my youngest child, as he graduated from 8th grade this week. His 8th-grade "big" trip in middle school was to the National Air and Space Museum (Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center) in… Continue reading Walking History: National Air and Space Museum
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
In 2003, we took our oldest to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., when Ford had just turned 6 years old. I talked him into coming with his brothers to revisit the museum this week. We took the MARC train in from West Virginia to Union Station, then started walking. Wear… Continue reading Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History