Friday, September 26, 2008

field trips

We went on a couple field trips recently. And what a contrast in weather. We visited the Lookout Mountain Nature Center in early September and it was very chilly, and misted on us the whole time. It felt great to me! =)


We learned about Ponderosa Pines. This one is 300 years old!





The kids learned these pines smell like vanilla. It was funny to watch them running around, smelling trees.

I love this picture of Zane and his buddy, Jayden. You can't even tell which one is which.





Move forward 2 weeks and we visited the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Refuge and it was upper 80s and we all roasted in the sun. You never know here in Colorado!


The kids set up in front of what was called a prairie dog town. They recorded their observations -- anytime they saw a prairie dog act as a lookout, or run or eat, etc.


Here's a couple of the little fellas:




2 comments:

Teresa said...

The roasting sounds so much better to me than the freezing, but I am not 9 months pregnant. LOL

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

Fun photos of your outings, thanks for sharing.