Jr. Ranger and other fun activities

***Two fun activities for families of all ages that we enjoy are 
geocaching and letterboxing.  There are modern day scavenger hunts!  
Geocaching uses a GPS for finding the treasures.
Letterboxing uses clues to find the treasures and you sign the logbook with stamps and you collect stamps at each box found.


There are hundreds of thousands of treasures to be found all over the world!  Part of the treasure found is time with family and really cool locations!

Check out geocaching here:  http://www.geocaching.com
Check out letter boxing here: http://www.atlasquest.com
and http://letterboxing.org
















***Our kids participate in the Junior Ranger program at national parks.

Junior Ranger Program Info

If you can't make it to a national park, be a WebRanger!

http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/

Their vests hold their Jr. Ranger badges and patches earned.
Their workbooks go into their homeschool portfolios, too.
I love those smiles!

They are Junior Rangers at the following parks:

1)  Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

http://www.nps.gov/grsm

2)  White Sands National Monument, NM

http://www.nps.gov/whsa

3)  Saguaro National Park, NM

http://www.nps.gov/sagu

4)  Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, NM

http://www.nps.gov/cagr

5)  Joshua Tree National Park, CA

http://www.nps.gov/jotr

6)  Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, CA

http://www.nps.gov/seki

7)  Point Reyes National Seashore, CA

http://www.nps.gov/pore

8)  Yosemite National Park, CA

http://www.nps.gov/yose

9)  Redwoods National Park, CA

http://www.nps.gov/redw

10)  Mt. Rainier National Park, WA

http://www.nps.gov/mora

11)  Yellowstone National Park, WY

http://www.nps.gov/yell

12)  Grand Tetons National Park, WY

http://www.nps.gov/grte

13)  Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, MT

http://www.nps.gov/libi

14)  Mt. Rushmore National Monument, SD

http://www.nps.gov/moru

15)  Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, SD

http://www.nps.gov/mimi

16) Wind Cave National Park, SD

http://www.nps.gov/wica

17) Badlands National Park, SD

http://www.nps.gov/badl

18)  Pipestone National Monument, MN

http://www.nps.gov/pipe

On the schedule for Summer:

19)  Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
http://www.nps.gov/lecl


After we stop our RV adventure, we'll continue our Jr. Ranger learning!
There are still so many national parks to see!
Mammoth Caves, KY
Civil War Battlefields
So many in Colonial America!