The last couple weeks of school both Sadi and Chase had field trips for school that I was able to go on with each of them. Sadi's class went to the Nevada State museum. What are the odds that we had never been there in all the years we lived here, we go over spring break and then the VERY NEXT DAY we get a field trip permission slip to go there? It actually worked in my favor since I was able to navigate around quickly without getting lost with my little group of kids.
I had one of the best group of girls, and had a great time. I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do, I guess because we had literally just been there. I didn't even get a picture with my little peanut. She had fun "driving" around with her friends. After the museum it was lunch at the park and then back to school.
Chase has been learning about Nevada this year and his field trip was a walking field trip of old downtown Dayton. To be honest I thought this sounded pretty lame, but I actually had a lot of fun, and enjoyed learning a little more about the beginning of Dayton. We started walking at the old Mill in Dayton State park.
Our guide stopped at 11 different stops on the way to tell a historical story about Dayton. We hiked up through the mill ruins, down the old Lincoln Highway (which stretched from San Francisco to New York), and passed by some of the original houses from the 1800's. What is now the Dayton Museum was the first school house in Dayton.
The kids were given a scavenger hunt inside the museum to find a whole list of items. Chase found one of the biggest gold nuggets found in gold canyon.
They toured the old firehouse and got an inside look of the old jail. We could have left a few of those 4th graders in there.
We continued our walk up the hill to eat lunch and tour the Dayton cemetery.
It was a beautiful day for a hike with my favorite 4th grader.
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