2019 Field Trips

We did not go on quite as many field trips as the previous year. But we still got out quite a bit. I previously posted about Old Salem and the trip there.

On February 13 we joined a Homeschoolers garden club for a presentation on Birds of Prey. The many brought two birds which we got to see up close, a falcon and an owl.

Elijah won the door prize of a bird feeder

We joined this same group on 5/13 at the NC State Arboretum for a program on Pollinators.

We joined Anna and the girls for two field trips.
The first was at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown memorial close to Greensboro. Charlotte Hawkins Brown started the first school for Black kids. It was Homeschool Day and they had several games set up to help the kids understand what it was like for black kids during the early 1900's

We also met Anna and the girls for Homeschool Day at Alamance Battleground

We joined our homeschool group on two field trips...
The National Weather Station...

and the waste water treatment plant...

 Dirty water

Cleaning with ultraviolet light

 Clean water

 Yep, that's what you think that is being removed from the new, incoming water

 and it certainly did have a smell

 Water microbes under a microscope

 Before and after water

Such a big perk of homeschooling is field trips!

March 2019- Two Special Events-Elton John and ACC Tournament

I grew up listening to Elton John, so when I heard he was having his last concert, (we'll see...), I really wanted to go. Tickets were uber pricey, (at least by our standards). When Christmas came around, John asked if I'd like tickets as my Christmas gift. I quickly took that off and bought us tickets for his concert in March.

The set was elaborate

Best of all was spending time with this guy!

He gave a great show!

 He many of my favorites, including my two very favorites..."Daniel" and "Your Song". He talked quite a bit and gave background on several songs. I loved every minute of it!!


A few days later we had another unique opportunity. John's company had tickets to the ACC tournament, in Charlotte,  and since his customer was bringing his wife, I was needed to round out the foursome. At first, I wasn't that thrilled. The prospect of being, "on" for an evening wasn't very fun. But.... I would have missed out on an extraordinary experience. We entered into a special entrance, in the line with us was a former governor of our state. The masses were bulked 50 people deep, while we sauntered in within a minute. Then we got to our seats....

Amazing.. So very close...(this was the 2nd game which Duke played). Carolina played in the first game.

Later John picked us out of the crowd

 This was the outfit I wanted to wear, but the scarf came in too late...oh well, maybe next year!

 Our boys in blue warming up

Undoubtedly this is not an opportunity that happens very often.