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Trailmix And Textbooks ✏️ Roadschooling Mama
🚐 Learning on the move with 2 curious girls
📚 Nature, history & real-world lessons
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11/26/2025

🐬🌊 Diving into Dolphins at SeaWorld Orlando 🌊🐬
Today we got to watch the amazing dolphin show at SeaWorld Orlando — and wow, those flippers, leaps, and squeaks never get old! The pool was alive with acrobatics, underwater spins, and joyous splashes. It was fun, for sure — but also a chance to learn more about these incredible animals.
🔎 Why we love dolphins — and why it matters
The stars of the show are Bottlenose Dolphins (and other marine dolphin species), among the most intelligent creatures on the planet. Their brain structure is complex — similar to humans — which helps them with communication, social behavior, and problem-solving. �
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Dolphins live in social groups called “pods,” where they cooperate, socialize, and communicate via whistles, clicks, and body language. �
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They’re superbly adapted for life in the water — streamlined bodies, powerful tails (flukes), and specialized lungs that let them exchange far more air with each breath than humans, enabling deep dives and extended swims. �
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In shows like at SeaWorld, we get a safe, up-close chance to watch, admire, and learn about dolphins — including their intelligence, agility, and social nature — which helps build respect for marine life.
💡 What this visit reminds us
Watching the show felt amazing, but it also made me think about the bigger picture: in the wild, dolphins face risks like pollution, fishing nets, and habitat loss. Seeing them in a controlled environment where they are cared for — while learning about their biology and conservation — is a reminder of how important it is to protect our oceans. �
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If you listen carefully, you might even hear them communicate — a reminder that dolphins are not just performers, but smart, social beings.
🐾 Here’s to curiosity, empathy, and protecting the seas 🐾
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🌿 Learning Moment in Orlando: Spanish MossSpanish moss is one of those things that makes the South feel magical, but mos...
11/16/2025

🌿 Learning Moment in Orlando: Spanish Moss
Spanish moss is one of those things that makes the South feel magical, but most people don’t actually know what it is — so here’s your mini nature lesson for the day. 🌤️✨
Spanish moss isn’t a moss at all.
It’s an epiphyte — an air plant in the bromeliad family (same family as pineapples!). It doesn’t have roots, doesn’t harm the trees it hangs from, and doesn’t take anything from them. The strands just wrap around branches to hold on.
How it grows:
Spanish moss survives by absorbing everything through tiny gray scales on each strand.
🌧️ Moisture from rain and humidity
🌬️ Dust and nutrients from the air
☀️ Sunlight for energy
Because it has no roots, it literally lives off the air around it.
Where it thrives:
It prefers warm, humid climates with gentle breezes — which is why you find it all over the Southeast, especially here in Florida. Live oaks and cypress trees are its favorite “host trees,” thanks to their rough bark and high moisture.
How it spreads:
It mostly spreads when pieces break off in the wind and land somewhere new, but it also produces tiny seeds that birds help carry around.
Where it comes from:
Spanish moss is native to the Americas — not Spain. Early explorers thought it looked like the beards of Spanish sailors and the nickname stuck.
Standing under these trees today, covered in soft gray-green strands that sway in the breeze, felt like stepping into another world. 🌿✨
Nature really is the best classroom.

Today we visited George Washington’s Birthplace National Monument in Virginia — the site where our nation’s first presid...
11/08/2025

Today we visited George Washington’s Birthplace National Monument in Virginia — the site where our nation’s first president was born in 1732. Unfortunately, the grounds were closed due to the government shutdown, so we couldn’t tour the buildings.
Even so, standing outside the historic farm and monument offered a quiet moment to reflect on how much history began here. The fields, fences, and trees are reminders of the early colonial world that shaped Washington long before the Revolution.
Sometimes even a closed site can be a great lesson — history is everywhere, and it doesn’t stop for a shutdown. 🇺🇸

10/21/2025

You won't believe what took over this barn! 🐞

Fall brings amazing sights at Arrowhead Acres - like hundreds of ladybugs gathering on a barn and PVC curtain!

Ladybugs cluster together for warmth and safety as the weather cools, creating a fascinating natural spectacle. Nature's little army, right in front of our eyes!

Have you ever seen something like this? Comment below!


10/19/2025

Ever seen history floating on the water?

Just a quick peek at the historic battleships of Fall River, MA ⚓️
These massive ships once sailed into history — now they sit majestically on the water, waiting for you to explore.
Could you imagine standing on deck during their prime? Comment below! 👇

Full tour coming to my reels!

10/18/2025

Day 3 in the wilderness: The fire demanded tribute. I offered my tissue of boogies. It accepted. Peace was restored. 🔥🤧

🪦🕯️ A Visit to Lizzie Borden’s Grave – Fall River’s Most Infamous Mystery 🕯️🪦Today we visited the Borden family plot in ...
10/14/2025

🪦🕯️ A Visit to Lizzie Borden’s Grave – Fall River’s Most Infamous Mystery 🕯️🪦
Today we visited the Borden family plot in Oak Grove Cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts — where Lizzie Borden and her family are laid to rest.
If you grew up in New England, you’ve probably heard the haunting rhyme:
“Lizzie Borden took an axe,
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.”
Though the rhyme exaggerates (the victims were struck far fewer times), it forever tied Lizzie’s name to one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
In 1892, Lizzie’s father, Andrew Borden, and stepmother, Abby Borden, were found brutally murdered in their Fall River home. Lizzie, a well-respected church member from a prominent family, was charged with the killings — a shocking accusation in its time.
Her 1893 trial became a national sensation. Despite inconsistent testimony and suspicious circumstances (including her attempt to buy poison days before the murders), the evidence was circumstantial. Lizzie was ultimately acquitted, and the true killer was never found.
Lizzie lived the rest of her life in Fall River, largely shunned by society, until her death in 1927.
Just a short distance from her grave stands the Lizzie Borden House, now a museum and bed-and-breakfast preserving the history — and the mystery — of that August morning. We didn’t visit it this time, but its presence lingers like a whisper through Fall River’s cobblestone streets.
History isn’t always pretty — but it’s stories like this that remind us how the past continues to fascinate, frighten, and make us question what we think we know.

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