Kerr Christian Homeschool Academy

As part of our visit's to colleges, we spent a Sunday afternoon hiking Palo Duro Canyon.   We visited on our Okie-Tex Star Party trip but didn't hike as much.  This time, we decided to walk a few trails (or at least most of us walked the trails.   H  and I stayed behind on most of them) This time, we chose to hike toward the cave structure we saw on our last visit.  The initial part of the hike was fairly level and easy going.  We found several pretty rock features both buried in the dirt and laying on top.   Then, the trail became steeper and H  decided she wanted to wait with me on the more level ground.  They said there was a hole in the roof of the cave and it was a great view across the park. The "rock boy" was in heaven on this hike.  It's a good thing the park rules are no taking home otherwise, they might not have any rocks left. The panhandle area of the state is very very dry, even some of the cactus' w...

Space Center Houston, Clear Lake, TX, home of NASA and Mission Control This year, one of the traveling exhibits for NASA is the Apollo 11 command module.  So, we decided to get a membership so we could go see it.  Why a membership since we do not live in the immediate area?  Well, the base price of tickets, even with their $5 off coupon, was the same as a membership.  On daily tickets, you pay taxes, on memberships, you don't.  So, it's cheaper for us to get the family membership. In conjunction with a college campus visit to Sam Houston State University, we headed a little south before heading back north.  We arrived as the visitor center opened.  With membership and timed tram tickets, we were able to take both tram tours and still have enough time to visit the permanent exhibits and the traveling exhibits.  The only thing we didn't visit was the theater area where the display of space suits are.  Next trip! Our first tram t...