East Coast Suggestions for a late summer trip
Okay board I will admit it, we are a west coast snob family. We LOVE the west coast national parks. We crave Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, Redwoods, Grand Canyon, Arches, Rocky Mountain, and the G...
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Suffolk, VA has a lot of great stuff including a nature walk & canoe tour of the Great Dismal Swamp
http://www.suffolk-fun.com/tour-and-explore/tours/ Before the tour, read the book Swamp Angel by Anna Isaac. My daughter said its a great book of a fun tall tale that they read to their children before going on a swamp tour at Great Dismal. The book made the tour much more exciting as they had the kids looking for
Angelica Longrider, aka Swamp Angel -- a sort of female Paul Bunyan. Born taller than her own mother, Angelica quickly became the greatest frontiers- woman in all of Tennessee, able to defeat a giant bear singlehanded, drink an entire lake in one big gulp, even lasso a tornado. "This valiant heroine is certain to leave youngsters chuckling." (Amazon).
http://www.suffolk-fun.com/tour-and-explore/tours/ Before the tour, read the book Swamp Angel by Anna Isaac. My daughter said its a great book of a fun tall tale that they read to their children before going on a swamp tour at Great Dismal. The book made the tour much more exciting as they had the kids looking for
Angelica Longrider, aka Swamp Angel -- a sort of female Paul Bunyan. Born taller than her own mother, Angelica quickly became the greatest frontiers- woman in all of Tennessee, able to defeat a giant bear singlehanded, drink an entire lake in one big gulp, even lasso a tornado. "This valiant heroine is certain to leave youngsters chuckling." (Amazon).
