We began our adventures in homeschooling with a field trip. First stop:

picnic at a park on the beach.

After our picnic we drove towards central Florida to Deseret Ranches. Who would have guessed that in the middle of Florida stood the second largest cattle ranch (by acreage) ? (And by the way, it is the LARGEST by head of cattle). The Ranch is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but the land is leased to a for-profit company.

It was interesting to learn a little bit about the ranch and its history. We found out that a guy in our stake high council manages the ranch. Fall time, as we soon found out, was not the best time to go on a tour because there were not many animals around to see. The tour guide suggested that we come back in the spring to see more birds and alligators.

After our tour we headed over to the firing range located near a youth camp site on the ranch. Here are a few highlights:

The stand was covered in horse manure so Isaac helped by scraping some of it off using this highly technical procedure.

Day one of home school was pronounced a success!