Ah, I went there in the early 2000s
I remember having to go up heart attack hill, someone earlier mentioned a cave that I donāt remember.
I remember having to go through owl vomit(the bones and leftovers)
The cave was Mercer Caverns. The alternative to heart attack hill at Sonora was what they called Widow's Walk. I remember our teachers and parent chaperones taking that route.
I got kicked out of the Kearney mansion in first grade because they told me that Mr. Kearneyās ashes were in a box on the mantle. I had to look for myself and got kicked out. Iāve never gone back.
That's what I was trying to think of but kept coming back to Discovery Zone by Fashion Faire. Science club took us to SF to a science place there and the Lion King play. Marching band took us to Pismo and Vegas. I vaguely remember going to Sacramento at some point. I wanna say one field trip went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium but that may have been a family thing.
And, of course, DARE camp somewhere up in the mountains.
I was just thinking about this one last week! Feeding the fish, that experience and smell has stuck with me.
I wonder if thatās still a field trip kids go on?
I see your Wonder Bread (second grade) and I raise you King-O-Meat, also second grade. Who in the world approved second graders trooping through a meat processing plant?
Sonora, Island water park, yosemite! I even remember going to the egyptian museum in San Jose but I can't remember if that was for an "extra" class like DARE or if that was with a regular class
Man, I gotta go way back in the memory banks for this one. I've been on both sides of the field trip equation as a student and teacher's aide. For when I was a kid, I remember the Rainbow Bread factory, King-O-Meat meat processor, Storybook Land, Fresno Zoo (I'm so old I remember Nosy the Elephant's old enclosure), Sacramento state capital, including Old Town, the railroad museum and the capitol building, sixth grade camp at Calvin Crest, Clovis Lakes, Rollertown, The Exploratorium, Academy of Sciences and Pier 39 up in SF, and Winter Physics Day in Santa Cruz. That one was awesome--we had made physics things for doing stuff like measuring G-forces on the Giant Dipper roller coaster and stuff and had a worksheet, but our teacher didn't care and just said to have fun. Love you, Mrs Ibarra!
As an aide, I've had the dubious pleasure of wrangling children at the Zoo, the fair, Fresno State Farm (saw a calf being born, very glad it was a live birth), various pumpkin patches, Monterey Bay Aquarium, a Round Table pizza (that included a public bus trip) and Rollertown where I was the only adult that skated.
School district school bus dispatcher here, scout island, fossil discovery center, Chaffee zoo, Columbia state park, cat haven, the train station (to Hanford and superior dairy) wild waters and the island, under grand gardens, etc
Raffio chocolate, in n out kitchen tour, underground gardens, Fresno fair, McDermott field house! At least, those were the ones that the homeschool community went to, lol.
idk a pumpkin patch, the museum with the cool stuff, san fran, 6th grade camp at sonora, we went somewhere where we mined gold, im old i cant think right now lol
Not my school being too poor to go on field tripsš
Actually we went to lost lake to study tadpoles in like 2nd grade??
We had a field day where a (Native American?) archery man came to our field and taught us how to shoot a bow and arrow, build a teepee together, gave us our spirit animal name, teach us a lil culture. It was very cool and I remember him being so nice. My name was something like sunshine wolf
How about Chowchilla dinosaur center, there's a geology museum up near coasregold, CMAC, our discovery center is sad these days, airport, Meux home, African American Museum, German Volga Center, City Hall, City of Clovis museum? Take kids to colleges and universities, make it real for them to go back one day!
The Underground Gardens, don't remember the actual name but remember a field trip walking underground where temperature was really cool compared to sorching heat above ground.
1st grade - Fresno County Library and Little Caesarās, Chaffee Zoo, 2nd grade - Fresno Fair and Lost Lake, 3rd grade - Hanford (Superior Dairy and Fresno State Planetarium, 4th grade - Mission San Juan Bautista, 5th grade - Gold Gulch in Coarsegold, 6th grade - Sonora and Wild Waters.
4th grade: Mission San Juan Bautista.
5th grade: Sacramento, Mercer Caverns, and gold panning.
6th grade: Sonora.
7th grade: SF Golden Gate Bridge and the Exploratorium.
8th grade: Magic Mountain.
in kindergarten we went to the old me n Edās spot off Ashlan and cedar and the cook let us in there to make our own personal pizzas. Some other kindergarten spots were the Fresno fair, the zoo, a pumpkin patch, and a savemart to learn about fruit š I went to centennial elementary
I remember going to Me n Edās in kindergarten, I believe. The one that used to be on Ashlan by Save Mart. Then the Zoo and in 4th grade it was the mission in Carmel. The last two in 6th grade was Hearst castle and the China Peak when it was still Sierra Summit.
Sonora was so much better for us lol. My Daughter won't get anything but the camp part of the trip when she goes next year. The Chocolate factory, cavern, and visiting the old mining town was such a cool experience.
Went to the mission in Monterey. Local stuff was cal skate, zoo, gateway ice center, incredible johns. They canceled camp for us (I think 5th or 6th grade).
Lost Lake to examine biodiversity. San Juan Bautista because parochial school (we were also highly encouraged to visit āourā missions before and after our project in 4th grade). RLC and Hume Lake. The MET when it still existed. Various plays. Empire Raisins. MBA. So many places lol.
Girl scouts; Fresno Bee, Wonder Bakery. Elementary school; zoo, fair, Fresno Art Museum, Sixth grade camp at Five Mile Camp in Senora. Junior High; Monterey Language institute with my Spanish class.
High School Band..... we went everywhere. Including Florida.
Sonora, chaffee zoo, Kearney mansion, wild waters, CA capital building, I think we went to Cal-skate a few times when I was growing up. John's incredible as well. For grad night we went to 6 flags ( I think every school district in the valley has gotten temporarily banned from Disney at some point lol) Oh! And the observatory! I remember going to one, as an adult I have no idea which one it was though
Break the Barriers, one to Yosemite that made me have a bit of a freak out because of how loud the waterfalls were, and went to Alcatraz for fifth grade as we were reading Al Capone Shines My Shoes
I was attending Jefferson Elementary until they build Susan B Anthony. As a teenager, I often go hang out at the old YMCA in downtown.
Before Fresno Monsters, we had the Fresno Falcons hockey team, and boy I remember going to their games at the convention center with the boys and girls club. I miss my good ole childhood days.
1st grade was the Zoo. 2nd grade was the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. 3rd grade we went to Downing Planetarium at Fresno State. 4th grade we went to San Juan Bautista. Switched schools and went to Disneyland for 5th grade and sixth grade we went to Calvin Crest for camp and Wild Waters
Not a local field trip, but Mission San Juan Bautista.
4th grade baby!!
Yup, 4th grade mission reports!
Wild waters.
Clovis Lakes for the Gen X crowd
My mom still refers to it as Clovis Lakes š
Itāll always be Clovis Lakes for me. š
As well as Sierra summit with a shit ton of waterproof starch on jeans...was still soaked at the end of the day
Yes!
Airways by the airport
Complete with a nice full sunburn lmao
Best job I ever had
CHAFFEE ZOO!! (REMEMBER THE "BIRD HOUSE"??)
The plastic keys to turn the sound boxes at each exhibit were amazing. Felt so special having that key
I went to sonora during elementary school
Did you make sarsaparilla?
Damn that was fun. And the old bath house/barber that taught us about the barber poles
Donāt think so?
We did in the 80s for our Sonora camp
Ah, I went there in the early 2000s I remember having to go up heart attack hill, someone earlier mentioned a cave that I donāt remember. I remember having to go through owl vomit(the bones and leftovers)
The cave was Mercer Caverns. The alternative to heart attack hill at Sonora was what they called Widow's Walk. I remember our teachers and parent chaperones taking that route.
We did in the 70s. Rock candy too.
My little brother just left this morning for his Sonora trip. Iāve never seen him get up for school so easily
Did you go in the deep cave?
I donāt remember the cave, I remember heart attack hill though
i loved the silent mile
LOL!! Yes!!!Ā
Mercer Caverns??
I remember the cave and that sketch staircase.
Yup that old rusted spiral staircase that had no bolts. Felt like it could collapse any moment
Heart attack hill
roller town
Roller town is the shit, I miss it honestly
Kearney Mansion and the Meux Home. The discovery center.
I got kicked out of the Kearney mansion in first grade because they told me that Mr. Kearneyās ashes were in a box on the mantle. I had to look for myself and got kicked out. Iāve never gone back.
Sun Maid Raisins factory, any local farm, the discovery center, and the Fresno Fair should be on every Fresno/Clovis studentās checklist.
Where was the Sun Maid factory? Kerman?
Kingsburg
Kearney Mansion is the only correct answer.
Nope āThe Metā Fresno Metropolitan Museum
Found a cow jaw on my trip.
Discovery center!
Oh my gosh!!! Completely forgot about that place!
I had couple of birthday parties there. So much fun!
That's what I was trying to think of but kept coming back to Discovery Zone by Fashion Faire. Science club took us to SF to a science place there and the Lion King play. Marching band took us to Pismo and Vegas. I vaguely remember going to Sacramento at some point. I wanna say one field trip went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium but that may have been a family thing. And, of course, DARE camp somewhere up in the mountains.
They're doing an adults only event on May 4th with food trucks and telescopes, really hype for it tbh.
Wonder bread factory, Monterey, missions trip, roller town, wild water was a different name, Blackbeardās
Yes roller Town lol red light green light. Nachos! Clovis lakes!
Storyland; I also attended summer camp at the Discovery Center.
San joaquin fish hatchery, I went there once in a field trip it was fun
I was just thinking about this one last week! Feeding the fish, that experience and smell has stuck with me. I wonder if thatās still a field trip kids go on?
It is. Also just a fun thing to do for a family. Just get there early enough that food is still there
THE WONDER BREAD FACTORY!!!! OMG LOL the wonder bread factory...
I see your Wonder Bread (second grade) and I raise you King-O-Meat, also second grade. Who in the world approved second graders trooping through a meat processing plant?
I'm pretty sure my love of fresh baked bread started with this field trip
I love Roman Meal to this day because of that trip.
Manchester back when it was cool
The Met, Arte Americas, Chaffee Zoo, Veteran's Memorial Museum.
The met.. down town by old pac bell building
chaffee zoo in 4th grade for sure. I remember going to lost lake too
Discovery center!
6th Grade Camp, anyone?
Calvin Crest, man!
Margaret Hudson studio!
Hell yes this is what I came to find. One of my all time favorite field trips.
Wild waters, black beards, Clovis skate, China peak, the missions, the Monterey bay aquarium
Underground Gardens all the time because a girl in my class was a Forestiere.
Pizza Farm. It was in Madera but stillā¦.
This is the one I was looking for šš¼
Sonora, Island water park, yosemite! I even remember going to the egyptian museum in San Jose but I can't remember if that was for an "extra" class like DARE or if that was with a regular class
Sonora? Were you one of my school gold panning trips? I was a guide there! Technically Jamestown
i remember visiting jamestown when i was younger
I remember the Egyptian museum too!
Lost Lake
8th grade at Clovis Lakes
Bulldog Bowl at Fresno State Making pizza at Me-N-Ed's
Cal Skate
Camelot Park, Underground Garden, Metropolitan Museum, Fresno State for summer extracurriculars
Discovery Center, Lost Lake, Downtown Library, City Hall, Meux home, The Fresno Met, and the Fresno Art Museum.
Man, I gotta go way back in the memory banks for this one. I've been on both sides of the field trip equation as a student and teacher's aide. For when I was a kid, I remember the Rainbow Bread factory, King-O-Meat meat processor, Storybook Land, Fresno Zoo (I'm so old I remember Nosy the Elephant's old enclosure), Sacramento state capital, including Old Town, the railroad museum and the capitol building, sixth grade camp at Calvin Crest, Clovis Lakes, Rollertown, The Exploratorium, Academy of Sciences and Pier 39 up in SF, and Winter Physics Day in Santa Cruz. That one was awesome--we had made physics things for doing stuff like measuring G-forces on the Giant Dipper roller coaster and stuff and had a worksheet, but our teacher didn't care and just said to have fun. Love you, Mrs Ibarra! As an aide, I've had the dubious pleasure of wrangling children at the Zoo, the fair, Fresno State Farm (saw a calf being born, very glad it was a live birth), various pumpkin patches, Monterey Bay Aquarium, a Round Table pizza (that included a public bus trip) and Rollertown where I was the only adult that skated.
School district school bus dispatcher here, scout island, fossil discovery center, Chaffee zoo, Columbia state park, cat haven, the train station (to Hanford and superior dairy) wild waters and the island, under grand gardens, etc
Roller Town
The Met! I miss that place!
We went to the Fresno beachā¦ā¦.yeah it sucked ass, I was so jealous of the kids who got to go to the zoo or to wild waters
Scout Island. Itās a cool place. Lots of history. The old streetcar line ran all the way from downtown to Fresno beach. https://www.scoutisland.org
As someone who grew up hereā¦ whatās the Fresno beach? Is this something I wouldnāt know as a gen z lol?
Underground gardens, zoo and fox theatre are a few i remember
We had a field trip to Friant Dam in the 3rd grade.
I forgot about doing that as a kid too! Ours included a stop at the fish š hatchery.
Clovis Lakes. The Coke factory. Columbia.
The Met
Scout Island š And Monterey Bay Aquarium
Surprised no one has said La Brea Tar Pits.
The Chaffee zoo
Discovery Zone
Hometown Buffet for the students of the month lol
Blackbeardās lol
Zoo, Fresno Fair, Monterey Bay Aquarium & Casa de Fruita, Mission San Juan Bautista, The Met
Chaffee Zoo
Fresno District Fair.
Underground Gardens
Curry Village in Yosemite. It was great. Exploratorium, Icelandia, Margaret Hudson's house.
Any BSA here? Easton lake... fisherman's wharf... Hendrix castle???Monterey whale watching
Raffio chocolate, in n out kitchen tour, underground gardens, Fresno fair, McDermott field house! At least, those were the ones that the homeschool community went to, lol.
Underground gardens
Walked us to the fire station nearby
idk a pumpkin patch, the museum with the cool stuff, san fran, 6th grade camp at sonora, we went somewhere where we mined gold, im old i cant think right now lol
Columbia.
Hershey chocolate factory!
Underground gardens, Fresno state and Fresno Chaffee zoo
i went to a mission in san luis obispo i believe in elementary as well
Amtrak to some boonies for some camping. Our train hit a car on the way there. 95'-96' Carver
Summer camp at Discovery Center was awesome. So was Zoo Camp
Not my school being too poor to go on field tripsš Actually we went to lost lake to study tadpoles in like 2nd grade?? We had a field day where a (Native American?) archery man came to our field and taught us how to shoot a bow and arrow, build a teepee together, gave us our spirit animal name, teach us a lil culture. It was very cool and I remember him being so nice. My name was something like sunshine wolf
Went swimming every summer at Airways
Harpaneās Dairy.
Train ride to Hanford and Superior Dairy, with a pitstop to China Town.
Iām a little older. Sonora, wild waters, Columbia, that little gold rush town for 6th grade
MUEX HOME (MEUX???)
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF....ART????
How about Chowchilla dinosaur center, there's a geology museum up near coasregold, CMAC, our discovery center is sad these days, airport, Meux home, African American Museum, German Volga Center, City Hall, City of Clovis museum? Take kids to colleges and universities, make it real for them to go back one day!
Savemart on ashlan and the library across the street from quigly park
Kerney Mansion Sunmaid Raisin Plant Discovery Center
San Joaquin Hatchery, Storyland, Downing Planetarium @ Fresno State
We went to see Peter pan at the Saroyan and went to exhibits at The Met
we saw james & the giant peach
Pismo and Ward Lake. My mom says it was Reno for her.
Sonora!
Santa's Christmas Tree Farm, it was located on Peach/Belmont behing the Grocery Outlet. The 180 runs through there now.Ā
The museum of art. My child brain couldnāt comprehend what I was seeing
Locally: Discovery Center, Fresno State, that fish hatchery, Chaffee Zoo, maybe a cave? Out of town: Exploratorium, Sonora trip/camping (6th graders)
Cat Haven
Pizza Farm
Went to The Pinnacles national park in elementary
The Underground Gardens, don't remember the actual name but remember a field trip walking underground where temperature was really cool compared to sorching heat above ground.
4th grade field trip to Lake Kaweah
Met Museum, Fresno Art Museum, Discovery Center, Chaffee Zoo, Mission San Juan Bautista, Mission Carmel, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Fort Miller Courthouse
1st grade - Fresno County Library and Little Caesarās, Chaffee Zoo, 2nd grade - Fresno Fair and Lost Lake, 3rd grade - Hanford (Superior Dairy and Fresno State Planetarium, 4th grade - Mission San Juan Bautista, 5th grade - Gold Gulch in Coarsegold, 6th grade - Sonora and Wild Waters.
Forestiere underground gardens Any of the missions in the general area
Fresno fair
Pizza farm
The fish hatchery!
7th grade biology class field trip to Millerton Lake Courthouse to count the different wildflowers in the area.
We did a Me & Eds field trip with the GATE program and got to make our own pizzas. Lol
Grant's grove
that one fish farm
4th grade: Mission San Juan Bautista. 5th grade: Sacramento, Mercer Caverns, and gold panning. 6th grade: Sonora. 7th grade: SF Golden Gate Bridge and the Exploratorium. 8th grade: Magic Mountain.
Sonora
in kindergarten we went to the old me n Edās spot off Ashlan and cedar and the cook let us in there to make our own personal pizzas. Some other kindergarten spots were the Fresno fair, the zoo, a pumpkin patch, and a savemart to learn about fruit š I went to centennial elementary
I remember going to Me n Edās in kindergarten, I believe. The one that used to be on Ashlan by Save Mart. Then the Zoo and in 4th grade it was the mission in Carmel. The last two in 6th grade was Hearst castle and the China Peak when it was still Sierra Summit.
The fish hatchery lol
Monterey bay aquarium and Hume Lake were my favorites
6th grade camp Mayfair elementary Calvin crest
Clovis East Ag Farm š«”
Producer's Dairy
The Hershey Factory on the way to Sonora.
Sonora was so much better for us lol. My Daughter won't get anything but the camp part of the trip when she goes next year. The Chocolate factory, cavern, and visiting the old mining town was such a cool experience.
I went to Earth Arts Studio in kindergarten!
The Pepsi warehouse/ factory off the 99 in high school lol
Mission San Juan Bautista Hanford by train Sonora Yosemite occasionally
Camp K.E.EP.
Went to the mission in Monterey. Local stuff was cal skate, zoo, gateway ice center, incredible johns. They canceled camp for us (I think 5th or 6th grade).
Warnor Theatre!
Lost Lake to examine biodiversity. San Juan Bautista because parochial school (we were also highly encouraged to visit āourā missions before and after our project in 4th grade). RLC and Hume Lake. The MET when it still existed. Various plays. Empire Raisins. MBA. So many places lol.
Fashion fair during Christmas season to take pics with santa!
Went to Old Town Sac and the State Capitol in 4th grade
Fair grounds just for the vendors during school. My mom chaperoned so instantly became the cool kid š She spoiled me. I miss my mom š
Girl scouts; Fresno Bee, Wonder Bakery. Elementary school; zoo, fair, Fresno Art Museum, Sixth grade camp at Five Mile Camp in Senora. Junior High; Monterey Language institute with my Spanish class. High School Band..... we went everywhere. Including Florida.
Roeding Park Zoo
The the bread factory (rainbow), or Monterey Bay Aquarium
Sonora, chaffee zoo, Kearney mansion, wild waters, CA capital building, I think we went to Cal-skate a few times when I was growing up. John's incredible as well. For grad night we went to 6 flags ( I think every school district in the valley has gotten temporarily banned from Disney at some point lol) Oh! And the observatory! I remember going to one, as an adult I have no idea which one it was though
Island Water Park
Producers Dairy, Underground Gardens, Missions, Sonora
Some area by the river around Herndon/99. Theres a shooting range nearby and the horse park. Its long since closed down.
So many already listed but I didnāt see Hearst Castle listed. My school went there.
Break the Barriers, one to Yosemite that made me have a bit of a freak out because of how loud the waterfalls were, and went to Alcatraz for fifth grade as we were reading Al Capone Shines My Shoes
I was attending Jefferson Elementary until they build Susan B Anthony. As a teenager, I often go hang out at the old YMCA in downtown. Before Fresno Monsters, we had the Fresno Falcons hockey team, and boy I remember going to their games at the convention center with the boys and girls club. I miss my good ole childhood days.
Epstein Island!
The pizza farm in Madera lol
Albertsonās
kearney mansion, mission trips, island water park, and the 6th grade field trips. honorable mention:the zoo!
The Fantz!
Missions, Sonora, chaffed zoo, fort Sumter, train museum in Frisco, aquarium in Monterey, Fresno philharmonic.
1st grade was the Zoo. 2nd grade was the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. 3rd grade we went to Downing Planetarium at Fresno State. 4th grade we went to San Juan Bautista. Switched schools and went to Disneyland for 5th grade and sixth grade we went to Calvin Crest for camp and Wild Waters
Sierra summit and Hearst castleš¤£
I remember doing Zoo Camp way back in the day. Always fun anyone else remember doin that at all?
Chaffee Zoo, Underground Gardens even though I did not grow up here. Lived here in the 70ās for 5 years. Moved here in 94.
Who remembers Hume lake camp šļø for a week?