Elachee Nature & Science Center

Today I took the "big two" to the Elachee Nature and Science Center for a class with about ten other families to learn how to read topographical maps and use a compass for hiking navigation. I was in Schaeffer's group. Thus, the pics on the trail (and often off of the trail) are of him rather than Ann Ferris (who was in an all-girl group).

And, of course, tonight after our home group Bible study we went outside to view the lunar eclipse.

Here are some pics of the day hiking at Elachee (1500 acres of wooded hills, trails and creeks).

The gang...

Ann Ferris and Schaeffer with the naturalist. He is holding a fallen weather satelite of some sort that we discovered in the woods. It had fallen from the sky and had a return package with it addressed to the NOAA Weather Service. Pretty cool!

The boys ascend a rock outcropping.

Schaeffer charts our course on the wet-erase topo map.