All those stories you hear about people having to walk five miles to school ... No lunches were provided by the school in the 1800s. Instead, kids brought their lunches to school in metal pails.

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Of course, walking to school isn’t the only way for kids to get moving. But it can be one of the simplest — and one of the cheapest. The walk to school is also one obvious example of an ...

So the kids have no one to walk them to school. The trip is long, and thieves sometimes hide under a bridge along the way, making it too dangerous for just two kids. Bored at home, they discover a ...