Category: Explore

  • Montana Folk Festival Yearly Adventure

    Montana Folk Festival Yearly Adventure

    Our Family’s Annual Vacation In And Around Our Home State Okay, I know this is a summertime event, and it still feels like we are in deep winter right now, but it’s fun to plan and dream about warmer weather! If you have ever wanted to visit the state of Montana, or even if you…

  • Around the World – Chinese painting & a panda

    Around the World – Chinese painting & a panda

    We’ve been learning about the world this school year by using Around the World with Picture Books by Rea Berg.  This fun geography curriculum uses children’s picture books which we check out at the library.  My kids are 6 and 4 years old.  So we just have fun with it.  We have studied China, Japan,…

  • Idaho’s Bruneau Sand Dunes

    Idaho’s Bruneau Sand Dunes

    Recently, our family made a quick trip to Boise, Idaho. While there, we definitely wanted to take the kids to the tallest sand dune in North America! The tallest dune there is 470 feet.  Located about 60 miles from Boise, it was a once in a lifetime experience not too far from home.  I do…

  • Montana’s Elkhorn Hotsprings

    Montana’s Elkhorn Hotsprings

    On our way home from Lewis and Clark Caverns we stayed overnight at Elkhorn Hotsprings. What a beautiful place!  I always love the remoteness of the landscape at the incredible Grasshopper and Big Hole Valleys!  After traveling up an excellent, smooth and curving road we came to a collection of cabins in a little valley. …

  • Caving with a Baby at Montana’s Lewis and Clark Caverns

    Caving with a Baby at Montana’s Lewis and Clark Caverns

    Can you go caving with a young child? Yes. But take the short tour. Expect it to be hard, there might be crying involved. Last weekend we planned to take the kids through their first cave.  Montana’s exciting, Lewis and Clark Caverns.  The Classic Cavern Tour boasts a 2-mile tour, over 600 stairs, ducking, waddling,…