Field Trip: The Bus Station

Today we toured the Everett Bus Station and then rode the bus.  There is nothing like singing The Wheels on the Bus while riding the bus with 15 kids.  The Bus station was beautiful and interesting.  They have some great art in there.  Sometime we'll have to go back and do the ship scavenger hunt.  There are metal relief type sculptures of several dozen Port of Everett ships, past and present, throughout the Bus Station.  The floor is a map of the Everett bodies of water.  Very Cool!  I think the kids favorite things were the Matchbox Cars replicas of an Everett Bus that they each got to take home.

We went to a park afterwards but didn't stay long - we were all freezing!  LaDonna got more/better pictures and I'm sure she'll post them soon.

Edited to add the cute buses that they gave the kids...

Field Trip: Central Market Grocery Store

Rachel arranged for us to have a tour of the Mill Creek Central Market Grocery Store.  I think this will be remembered as one of our favorite field trips.  The staff at Central Market was so friendly, helpful and welcoming to our squirrely little group.  I'm a big fan of their beautiful produce displays and amazing inventory - if you can't find it at Central Market, good luck.  After eating some lunch (we we're all starving after the tantalizing tour!), we went to the library across the street.  I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.  LaDonna took some more pictures and I'm sure she'll add them.