Nature Walk

I have decided that once a month we will incorporate a nature walk into our schedule. So today we went to a park and hiked for about 35 -40 minutes on a trail. Along the way, the kids observed the changing colors of the leaves, we saw a snake on the path and watched its flickering tongue for about 5 minutes before it jumped back off into the grass, saw a praying mantis hanging upside down on a tree, talked about the ages of the trees that were cut down and just had a nice walk. The water is so low now and the lake is so dried up that it we wondered what would happen to it next. The docks were all closed and it seemed so sad to see. The kids are looking forward to doing this again.