The Ma & Pa Railroad (www.maandparailroad.com) located at 1258 Muddy Creek Forks Rd, Airville, PA 17302 actually stands for the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad. It is an authentic circa 1900’s railroad that originally connected [...]
By now, you might think (thanks to the bias of the internet) that every single one of my homeschool field trips is a smashing success. A magical memory. An internet illusion. So, to dispel [...]
Most of us are familiar with Firemen/Fire Station field trips, especially since it helps us meet that annual Pennsylvania requirement for fire safety. But there are lots of other public service jobs that make [...]
Pennsylvania is filled with interesting town names. The most popular (and the most laughed at) are probably Intercourse and Blue Ball, both in Lancaster County. In my little neck of the woods, we have [...]
The collection of tents and general commotion drew our family to investigate what turned out to be the Continental Army, 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. On Labor Day weekend, my eldest son enlisted in [...]
