Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

When I was in high school, back in the 70’s there were three science teachers that formed the Worthington Field Studies (WFSI). WFSI, back in the 70’s took high school students on fascinating field trips throughout the school year. I am quite pleased that this group is still in operation today, and still taking high school students on fascinating trips.

During my freshman year I joined them on fossil expeditions in Ohio, and the following summer I ventured on their Rockies Mountain Field Trip. This trip lasted 30 days and we traveled to the Rocky Mountain National Park in CO, over to Dinosaur National Park in UT, up to the Tetons and Yellowstone Parks in Wyoming and to many other spots across the nation. It was a trip that affected this city girl who had never camped, hiked or been to a museum greatly. Two summers later I joined WFSI on their Southwest Rocky Mountain trip. Each summer field trip earned me one science credit in Ecology.
Over the years I have dreamed about a time when I could revisit these sites with my own children, and that time has come.

This coming week my boys and I will head west, travel to many of the parks I visited way back when, and return home in early July. We will camp, and hike, and visit museums across the northern Rockies states. Some things will be different for them on this trip as compared to my trip, but we will focus on learning about the environment, the area’s geology, the people, and other science concepts unattainable inside a science classroom. As I did, my boys will keep daily journals of their experience. It was fun to read my journal to them this week and we so laughed about my writing style and my thoughts. Perhaps I will be able to check in to this blog over the next month, but if I don’t look for a lengthy update in early July.