April 20-24 Myrtle Beach

Last week was officially our vacation. That said, we, of course, made certain it was an educational trip. On our way to Myrtle Beach we stopped in Gettysburg Pa. We had all heard about the civil war battle fields, but their sheer size and scope were something to behold. We walked the fields at sunset, and Connor recited the Gettysburg address. While at Myrtle Beach we read a ton of books, played in the sand, studied Chinese, ate like pigs, attended daily Mass, and Connor did Math pages.We took a side trip to Charleston Virginia to spend five hours touring the Boone Hall Plantation. There they had 9 slave cabins with individual museums chronicling the life of various slaves and a working plantation. We also saw a performance of a Gullah dance (their culture)by a slave descendant. On the way home we stopped in Williamsburg Va.for five hours, and then drove through Washington DC. The kids visited Washington DC two years ago, but it was cool seeing the monuments all lit up at night. Vacations are fun, but we were all happy to get home!