Howe Caverns

We were already out there for the Iroquois Museum, so since Howe Caverns was literally right above (see the last picture on this post) the museum, we spent our second day in the Cobleskill area there.

Don and the boys joined Laurel's family on a tour of the caverns (walking and boat ride). I've been in the caverns before, and I LOVE them, but I also know how inappropriate a place it is to take a baby, so Rosebud and I stayed up top and rocked on a porch in the lovely early summer breezes, overlooking an amazing view. The kids loved the caverns, Dakota (Laurel's oldest) says she's going back for spelunking for her 16th birthday (when she'll be old enough to do the more intensive cavern exploring tours), and J's all over that idea, too. I bought the kids a couple of books about caves while they were down there, which they enjoyed reading on the ride home.

(The above picture is J's "official" photo from the tour, Zoo Boy was too afraid to go stand next to him, and The Map Man's photos didn't come out great, something about all that darkness and a phone's camera....)

We also took full advantage of the fun amenities available to us at our hotel during our overnight stay. We swam...

...we hung out in the super-cute downtown area of Cobleskill after a yummy dinner at a local pizza joint...

...we bowled...

...and we hung out with each other in our hotel rooms. Hey, look, Laurel finished the baby sack and hat for Rosebud! Doesn't she look ridiculously cute in them?!

I snapped the above photo on the way home -- that's Howe Caverns at the top, with the Iroquois Museum beneath it.

GREAT field trip! Homeschooling is totally the best....