G-Jo had a great idea for us all to go to the local nature reserve. Just when I think I have learned of all the fun things to do in this city I learn something new. The kids were very excited to go hiking in the woods, they thought we were camping! Harrison mostly wanted to find and capture as many bugs as possible and Gavin simply wanted to scale and jump off as many rocks his little legs could climb.
Harrison was disappointed the bugs just didn't jump into his collection container. This is him trying to pick up an ant, he had a really hard time getting the ants into the collection container without smushing them to death. I think the death toll of ants that day was at least ten--not one made it into the container alive! Gavin, of course, quickly picked out a walking stick to help him with his adventures.
To spend a Sunday afternoon climbing and hiking--a little boy's dream!
Gavin jumping off a very big little pebble pretending he was the 'king of the world!'
G-Jo schooling Harrison on some land navigation. Who needs boy scouts when you have G-Jo to teach you how to read a map?? **Note- she went hiking on the same trail just the day before and ended up on a 4 1/2 mile detour (a.k.a getting lost.) But, Harrison doesn't need to know that. He can live a little longer thinking G-Jo always knew exactly where she was going!**
Our little 2 1/2 mile hike sufficiently wore us all out. We had pink cheeks and hungry tummies when we made it back to the car. Nothing like walking out of the wilderness into a nice air conditioned car to make you appreciate technology.
**One last note** Steve was present for this family outing. As always, he's behind the camera capturing the family moments.
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