Dave called us today to see if we wanted to tag along to do some bird watching at Peace Valley for the boys to earn their bird watching badge fro scouts. Sadly, Chris was working so I offered to drop dAve off and come back and get him. Dave so "No, bring Sarah with a I'll put her in the pack and we will going hiking, she will LOVE it!" Boy was Dave right, Sarah had a ball!
Hiking buddies!
And they are off.
Crossing over the little stream to see...
The Pooh tree, Dave Thought Sarah would like to see it!
Taking a look at the whole tree.
And going inside the Pooh tree.
Coming back across the stream.
Counting the rings of this tree to see how old it was.
Look who we found out sunning himself.
The boys took a short break to skip a few stones.
There were a bunch of trees down all over the paths from Hurricane Sandy.
Dave and Sarah taking a quick rest.
Climbing over a few more trees.
This time the boys decided to throw boulders!
Going under this one was easier then going over!
Some more trees to climb over.
After we hiked for about an hour, the kids wanted to go into the Nature Center.
Using the binoculars at the Peace Valley Nature Center to spot some birds. They saw a few cardinals, a woodpecker and some robins.
The boys were brave and stuck their hands int he mystery boxes!
Dave taught them about the solar panels that Peace Valley uses to power the Nature Center.
Then off the bird blind. Where the spotted a few more birds.
Adn can you see who that is sitting on the log int he pond?!
Taking another little hike to behind the bird blind.
Where they could see the turtles a bit closer and a few ducks.
Thank you Dave for taking Sarah on a great hike, she loved it. And she was so tired from all the fresh air, she was looking for bed at 4 pm!
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