Day One: Raleigh, NC to Memphis, TN I woke up five minutes before the alarm was set to go off. 5:40 AM. Both exhausted because of the time and exhilarated by our vacation kick off, I slugged into the bathroom. Clothes. Hair. Face. I was feeling a bit more awake and ready to head out. By 6 AM, the kids were…
Our local homeschool group arranged a trip to the Martin Marietta Minerals Rock Quarry in North Raleigh. Our time began with a safety talk and then a Q&A session with the plant manager, Mr. Matt. He was very friendly and handled the kids and their questions well. He let them know that they were allowed to…
We spent our second day at DuPont State Forest hiking to Bridal Veil Falls. There are quite a number of hiking options from the Visitor’s Center, but we were sticking with our desire to see the setting in the arena when the careers find Katniss in the pool of water just after her leg is…
On our first day of our Hunger Games Fandom weekend, we took a trip to District 12 in the morning. By the afternoon, we were hiking in DuPont State Forest, just south of Asheville, North Carolina. DuPont State Forest is the location of many of the scenes in the arena of the Hunger Games movie. Some…
It’s no secret, at least in this house, that I LOVE young adult literature. It is one of my guilty pleasures. In fact, I read The Hunger Games long before I had children old enough to read it. Fast forward to 2015 and I have a tween in the house who shares my enthusiasm for…
