Visit Valley Forge, winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Kids can step in replica log huts, run around the grassy parade ground where young soldiers trained, climb on cannons, and walk through George Washington’s headquarters – history comes alive!
Read more…New – Museum of the American Revoluion
We took a visit to see the new Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The museum presents the story of the American Revolution and founding of the United States with re-created historical moments, immersive theater, hands-on experiences, personal stories, authentic artifacts, such as muskets and swords, newspaper with Declaration of Independence, George Washington’s war tent.
Read more…Sunny gems: Sequim Washington
In summer, the Pacific Northwest beckons – it’s time to explore Washington’s Olympic Peninsula with kids. Our favorite place to stay is Sequim, which is close to Olympic National Park, and typically sunny, when it’s raining in other parts of the peninsula.
Read more…Petaluma Adobe: Rancho Living History Day
On Living History Day at the Petaluma Adobe, step back in time to a working ranch of 1840. Volunteers dress up in historic clothing, and kids have fun with hands-on activities – write with a quill pen, stamp designs on leather, weave a basket , rope a “bull,” listen to music, find out what life is like 150 years ago.
Read more…Sonoma Farm Trails: Hello baby goats & lambs
Kids will have fun on spring Farm Trails, a weekend visiting working farms in Sonoma County, seeing (and petting) baby goats, lambs, pot-bellied pigs, chickens, miniature horses, and sampling locally produced eggs, cheese, honey.
Read more…Southern Utah: Land of sleeping rainbows
Southern Utah is world famous for its stunning desert landscape, slot canyons, arches, and spires, a “land of sleeping rainbows.” Here’s two of our favorite “hidden gems” for family trips: Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument and Capitol Reef National Park.
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