Great Kentucky Field Trip/ Day Trip

It is the end of our school year...{read: we are pushing to remain focused and finish!} Thursday we took a wonderful field trip!  ***I have to stop here at the beginning and preface this by saying one thing that made this day great was being with our A.B.L.E. home-school group!

Our first stop was Ale8one Bottling Plant ( <---tour details here) Before the tour we learned the history of Ale8 and were shown some original tools for bottling. The tour ended with a fresh cold bottle of Ale8!

After the plant tour we stopped in the gift shop and discovered Ale8 products-- so far I  have tried the salsa and it is amazing!!

After leaving Ale8one  Bottling Plant we ate lunch we went on to the Toyota plant in Georgetown.  I don't have any pictures from Toyota--but the tour is great for kids and adults.  Plan your tour here!

Sample of what you will see :

My boys are still quoting the tour guide about how Toyota is a great place to work---now to get them back on their school work for today so one day they will get a job.

Patton Museum of Leadership

Another day of exploring our community!  Today we got 1year visitor passes to Fort Knox and toured the Patton Museum. The museum was so interesting and inspiring.

This quote rang truth in my heart.  I feel it should be every leaders motto.

And yes...tanks!!

Plan Now!

Plan your field trips now!  I know everyone hasn't finished school yet...but I also know that the curriculum sales are in full force!  However it is the greatest time to plan field trips!  Last year --about this time I found that there were a little over 700 FREE tickets available for students to The Louisville Youth Orchestra! When I called to reserve our Homeschool tickets the operator told me I got the first five! SCORE!!!

Also I was able to purchase State Fair tickets for $2each!  State fair is a great way to start the school year!  

State fairs are a great places to collect information about great places drivable, local festivals, historical re-inactments and friendly farms.

Start making plans now so that after life gets busy with schooling and public schools begin to fill up the venues you have tickets! 

Last summer I noticed that the Nina and Pinta floating museums were docking for a few days only an hour from us and the VERY week my fourth grader was studying Columbus!

Plan now!

The Homeschool Nook Party!!

St.Louis Zoo!!

I have been planning this field trip! The St.Louis Zoo is amazing. And F.R.E.E.!!