A Wonderful Day

[LiveonJG]

Today I accompanied my son on his 4th grade class's field trip to a Pioneer Farm built in 1870.

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The kids went through a variety of hands-on exhibits to gain some appreciation for how things were done back then. Here's my son learning to cut cedar shake:

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Here's a close up of the farmhouse:

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Currently the surrouding acreage is used to grow HOPS! Acres and acres!

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The weather and the company were perfect as we had lunch behind the farmhouse.

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There was a gigantic maple tree that you can see on the left in the top pic. Here it is from below:

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My son took the best pic of the day. Here's the barn:

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We had a very nice 2hr drive each way and the Bus seemed to have just as good a time as we did.

-John

[77_Bus_Girl]

Wow. What a perfect way to spend the day, you lucky bugger!

[spiffy]

Thanks John! We saw those 'racks' out in the fields of central WA and we have been wondering what they where growing, we thought they might be part of the wine industry but HOPS???? That's SO much better.

Helluva alot better day then a work day, eh?

[bretski]

mmmmmmmmmm...hops.

[hambone]

Hey that looks like fun! Nice pix too. You seem to be a good dad.