Almost everyday I hear the words, "Can you take me ...?" Riley loves to read and the more that he reads; the more places he wants to go. Right now, his interest is in the Civil War so most of the places that he wants to go have to do with that. We visited Appomattox Court House, VA last year on the way to camping on the bay. He got to go to Washington DC for a day and that was not nearly enough time for him.
The list of places he want to go just keeps growing, but tops on the list are: Springfield, IL, Boston, MA and surrounding areas, Lexington and Concord, Washington DC to see the inside of Ford's Theatre, back to Portland, ME to go to the Children's Museum, Legoland Discovery Center in Chicago, Walt Disney World again, Legoland Amusement Park, and the National Parks.
At Appomattox Court House Riley participated in the National Parks Services (NPS) Junior Ranger Program. Upon completion of the program, he received a Junior Ranger Badge. We also worked on and received the badge from James A. Garfield's House in Mentor, OH. Riley is also a Web Ranger and has completed many of the programs on that website. He would like to continue to work on Junior Ranger badges for the National Parks and received the trading cards that NPS has published for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
Boy, was he disappointed when I told him that we probably would not be leaving the state for the rest of the year!
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