I liked this book. It takes place in Appalachia in the 1930’s and tells the story of a time and a place that I am not very familiar with…of poverty of the likes I have never seen, of a rich history of music, of hidden stills, of traveling preachers, of superstitions and of mysterious creatures that come out at night in the hills. The story slows down a little in the middle, but picks up again towards the end. I also loved the piece after the end of the story where the author explains where the story came from.
Archive for May 6th 2012
I don’t usually go on field trips. The bus ride is usually loud and it makes me nervous to be in charge of other people’s children in an environment away from school where they could get lost, injured, etc. I decided to go on this field trip though because they were going to The Gorge and I had never been there before. I am SO glad I went. The kids were fantastic and the field trip was awesome.
Standing in Oregon looking across the Columbia River into Washington learning about how The Gorge was formed.
Horsetail Falls
On a hike up to the top of the falls
Walking behind the falls
My group…wet, but happy. 😉
At the fish hatchery