First Field Trip

Charles was excited about the wasps' nest in Chief Paduke's nose. I'll let you decide what it reminds you of!

Me and the kids with another Chief Paduke statue. I actually remember watching the sculptor do this one. The sign says that he "hand chiseled" it. That made me laugh, because I distinctly remember him using a chainsaw.



Evelyn discovered the sprinklers downtown.

This is Elijah with Gen. William Clark

Ethne with Chief Paduke himself!

This is one of the many beautiful murals on the floodwall downtown. They're packed with history and are also neat to look at. We are definitely coming back to look at them in the future.

This statue is in the median of Jefferson ST at it's intersection with North 19th. I've always wanted to see it close up. It's really amazing. It was carved and dedicated in 1909. This dude is over 100 years old. The kids liked that the statues we looked at were all made out of different materials, so we've been discussing how they were made. Who knows if they will remember any of it, but they seemed interested for a little bit.

Today we embarked upon a small adventure. We had our first official field trip! Evelyn had an ear checkup in Paducah, so we decided to make a morning of it. We have been studying the history of Chief Paduke this week. We viewed the three monuments of him in Paducah, as well as the flood wall mural in the downtown area. It was great. The kids were so excited to get out and see these statues that they had seen pictures of this week. Elijah informed Charles that Chief Paduke died of malaria because he got bit by mosquitoes. I know that's random, but I was proud! Tomorrow, the kids are going to make their own sculpture of Chief Paduke. I'm looking forward to it.