Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite is a family favorite for generations. It is among the most spectacular scenery on earth – turquoise lakes, sparkling creeks flowing through meadows, mountain peaks rising into the sky, but is also very accessible with kids, and never as crowded as Yosemite Valley.
Read more…Sonoma Sugarloaf Ridge SP: Wildflowers after the wildfires
Last fall, fires swept through Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma Valley. But after the wildfires come the wildflowers. On a weekend in April, we had a picnic and hike in the state park – the hills were covered with colorful wildflowers and lush green grasses.
Read more…National Parks in U.S. Cities
US national parks aren’t only the “great outdoors.” In cities are also historical parks, monuments, recreation areas, with museums, forts, historic ships, hiking trails, islands, swamps, ancient petroglyphs, saguaro cactus and magnificent coast redwoods.
Read more…Chaco Canyon – Ancient ruins and roads in the desert
A thousand years ago, Chacoan people built multi-story buildings and engineered roads in the high desert of New Mexico. Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves the legacy of this ancient culture. It is one of the most visited prehistoric ruins in the United States, and is also a World Heritage Site for its “universal value.”
Read more…Immigrant Experience Children’s Books
The immigrant experience is life turned inside out – families leave everything behind in their home country, and start over again in a strange new country.
Children’s books open doors into worlds of difference, and create inspiring stories of hope, courage, new ideas, social change, and challenges of immigrants in America.
Read more…Laws Railroad Museum, Bishop California
At Laws Railroad Museum near Bishop California, kids can discover an open-air museum with 19th century locomotive and freight cars, old station depot, general store, blacksmith shop, family home, schoolhouse, miner’s shack, and period artifacts from a typical town in the Owens Valley more than a hundred years ago.
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