Bay Area Field Trips

[eeyore_grrl]

i want to take my boys on more field trips. i need free things or places that might comp us in -- we have no budget and can't ask parents for money.

we've gone to the zoo and monterey aquarium in the past.

any ideas?

edit: i have written letters to various places (including the aquarium and the exploratorium). looking for ideas for places! thanks.

Comments

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

Any number of East Bay Regional Parks (http://www.ebparks.org/). A few good ones that come to mind:

--Coyote Hills Park in Fremont and the Don Edwards Preserve also in Fremont. (parking fees only)

--Ardenwood Farm in Fremont ($2-$5 admission depending on which day you go, I bet you could get it comped).

--Tilden in Berkeley (possible parking fee)

Science stuff:

--Chabot Space and Science Center

--Lawrence Hall of Science: http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/

Other ideas:

--Maybe a tour of a working farm?

--Factory tours

--Behind the scenes tour of a theater or dance company

That's all I can think of right now.

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, duh, how about the big San Jose library?