Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

We classically school. Everyday. It is how we approach our school day. The framework and structure of a classical approach gives us that warm-fuzzy feeling that we are doing what we should be doing. Learning occurs all the time of course, and the kids are excited by learning so this approach works great for us. We also take advantage of all that is around us by going on lots of field trips, exploring also those things that really peak the kids interest, and reading lots of books. Even ones unrelated to what we are studying in our ’school day’.

So when the boys asked to go somewhere Sunday I agreed. There had to be someplace where we could go for a hike….someplace we hadn’t explored before…… Off we went to Elk Neck State Park with our dog in toe. Elk Neck is a peninsula jutting into the Chesapeake Bay with high cliffs about 100′ above the bay.

None of us realized that there were such high, steep cliffs around this bay. We took a short walk through the woods and finally arrived at the point with Turkey Point Light House.

The staircase is an engineering marvel.

The final steps to the top were on this skinny ladder. I think I made a really good choice staying on the ground with Brutus.

From the top the boys could look toward Delaware.

The guide told the boys that 15 miles to the west one could see Baltimore. It might look closer but that is a mighty far distant shore.

And think about how bright this light is lit. When I saw this view I was really, really glad I volunteered to stay with Brutus on the ground! YIKES! It would have been really hard to take that first step down for me.

I must say though that there is nothing more beautiful to me than this; a boy and his dog. Particularly when I share that this boy did not care for dogs, wanted nothing to do with dogs, did not want us to get a puppy, but has now found how wonderful dogs are. A beautiful site for me and who would have known that he would have ever learned this or changed in this way in just 9 short months.