12/9/10

12/9/10

We began our adventure by heading out to the Romoren School Forest.  We saw a few representatives of the mouse family that has taken over the shed.  From there we headed out to the prairie when students tried out running in snow shoes.  We also found reindeer lichen.  Children were interested in the fact that there really are reindeer--they do not fly though.   I mentioned the "Witches Broom"  which sounds really cool but actually it just looks like a nest in a pine tree.  We then went off trail for, what seemed like a long time and also seemed like we were lost,  It was full of difficult places to walk but we got back to the bus and then went to Hartje School Forest where we ate, built "Igloos" and played new games:  log roll, boulder throw, brick throw, cabre toss and "rock swing).  It was a great time.
Gary