Field Trips

HHE members have had access to many excellent field trip opportunities over the years, including the following:


2023-24
Camp Creation
Pumpkinville and Corn Maze
Matchstick Marvels Museum
Vermeer Windmill & Pella Historical Village
Game On Lazer Tag
Oskaloosa Small Animal Vet Clinic
Boy Who Cried Wolf
Martin Marietta
Foraging for Edible Plants

2022-23
Howell's Pumpkin Patch
Skate South
Terrace Hill Tour
Civic Center Applause Performance
Art Class at Pella Community Center
De Jong Greenhouse
National Balloon Museum
Lavender Life

2021-22
Maasdam Sorghum Factory
The Harvest Barn
Local Family Reclamation Project
State Capitol Building
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
Freedom For Youth / The Well
National Balloon Museum / US Ballooning Hall of Fame
Prairie Trail Museum
Co-Line Manufacturing

2020-21
Snakes Alive! with Rick Teepen
Pumpkinville
Camp Creation
Hunter Brothers Tree Farm
Local sledding
Hoch's Taxidermy
Welcome Home Soldier Monument
Antique Airfield
Bowling

2019-20
Nelson Pioneer Farms
Autumn Acres
SCISWA Landfill
Des Moines Playhouse Performance
Weiler
Knoxville Water Works

2018-19
Kalona Historical Village
The Pumpkin Ranch
Iowa Gold Star Museum
John L. Lewis Museum
Iowa Department of the Blind
Civic Center Applause Performance
Rathbun Fish Hatchery
Pin Oak Marsh

2017-18
Winterset City Park
The Pumpkin Ranch
Climb Iowa
Ledges State Park
Des Moines Playhouse Permormance
Knoxville Raceway & Hall of Fame
Science Center of Iowa
Civic Center Applause Performance
Ceramics Studio
Local Aquatic Ecosystem

2016-17
Ridgetop Horse Ranch
Musical
The Pumpkin Ranch
Co-Line Metal Fabrication
Homing Pigeons Demonstration
In't Veld Meat Market
Snow Shoe Hike
Joppa Outreach
Ashton Observatory
Earth and Space Presentation

2015-16
Lucas County Historical Museum
North River Corn Maze
Knoxville Airport
Des Moines Playhouse Performances
Camp Creation Winter Camp
National Balloon Museum
Neil Smith National Wildlife Refuge Tour
Ice Cream Shop Tour

2014-15
Trainland USA
Howell's Pumpkin Patch
Knoxville Fire & Police Departments
Terrace Hill Governor's Mansion
Pizza Hut
Milo Locker
Weiler Manufacturing
Pella Engraving
Several Civic Center Applause Series Performances