For our first Friday nature walk, we chose a spot close to home. It's a well-hidden area that few people are aware of, which makes it the perfect location to observe nature.

Before hitting the trail, we explored a portion of the beach along the Arkansas River. Elon was quick to spot these badger tracks:


We observed bark patterns on trees...


And marveled over these huge hairy vines, which we later found out were poison ivy (the "hairs" being the vines' aerial roots):


We mostly slid down this hill (which is much steeper than it looks!) to get to the beach again...



Maddie collected shells:

And we spotted more animal tracks:

Elon was also thrilled to find a few holey rocks. We climbed back up to the trail and resumed our walk...



I challenged the kids to find some wildflowers (though we couldn't identify these):


Soon we came to a clearing...

And found two more types of wildflower:
We also found this:
We took a quick break before starting on the second trail...

To be continued...
Labels: Autumn, Kansas, Nature, Nature Study, Wildflowers
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