What is a Geocache?

So, now that I’ve peaked your interest, geocaching is basically treasure hunting…on a global scale. People leave a geocache for others to find it. The geocache is a box (usually…and waterproof) with stuff in it. The hiding geocacher reads the coordinates on their GPS and records it in a registry. The registry is online and [...]

Leaf it to Maine!

Maine has a new foliage website. It offers foliage reports for the entire state during the fall season. It’s great for homeschoolers, because the department of conservation has some tree and foliage information and education. Maine’s such a neat place to live.
Visit the site here: http://www.maine.gov/doc/foliage/

Camping Day 2

I woke up at 6:30 and successfully exited the tent without waking the boys. I was able to enjoy some oatmeal before they got up. After the breakfast (egg McMuffins – again planned by Cabe), we cleaned up, pulled up stakes and went to Bald Mountain in Washington Township – within 30 minutes of our [...]

Camping Day 1

So we went camping today (just the boys – Caleb, Harrison, me). We got a slow start because Caleb’s fever was over 101 last night and we wanted to see what it would do this morning. We let him sleep and last night, I stopped packing because I didn’t want to pack fer nuthin’ – [...]

Wired

Today, we found ourselves at the Wire Bridge in New Portland, Maine.  Now, that was cool. Down by the wire bridge there’s a picnic area and beach. The kids played in the water and Kim and I just chilled.