Today we went on a field trip to Chimney Rock Park in North Carolina. You can read about the park by clicking here. They had a special homeschool day today and a lesson about bats. I admit, I was a tad bit disappointed. I was expecting to see bats. Instead we built a bat house and then the instructor talked about bats. No skeletons, no real bats, no caves, no bat scat. Bummer. It was an absolutely perfect day otherwise.
And since I went with a friend and her kids I have two, count them, one, two, pictures to share with you that have ME in them. Can you believe it? My kids do have a mom.
So without further ado……
Here's my youngest son running around before the bat house making began….
Here I am TRYING to hammer nails to make the bat house. The wood (white oak, I think) was really hard and difficult to hammer a nail through. We got it done though!
Here are my boys with their friends…..
Here's me and my oldest son. He's gazing at the huge American flag flapping in the breeze….
Here's the waterfall we hiked to see. If you look at the lower part of the photograph you get an idea of the scale. There's a man pointing out something to the group he's with. At one part of the hike we climbed about 200 steps. Talk about a work out! All four boys were sitting waiting for us at the top. My friend Lisa was front-packing her 2 month old and we were carrying her 2 year old between the two of us. Whew!
Crazy boys and a beautiful day…..
At one point on the hike water had eroded the soil underneath a huge tree and the boys had fun in the hole made by the erosion. It was so cool to see all the tree's roots and the way they had adapted to their circumstances.
The view….truly magnificant!
So, how was your Monday?
My hubbie was busy while we were going and hot our fire pit/camp fire area all ready for the fall/winter season. Pictures of that tomorrow. I'm typing on the bed and don't think I have enough energy to find my camera!
Exhausted but alive in HIM,
Julie
Oh! Those are gorgeous! That is a wonderful photo of you and your DS…you are so beautiful 🙂 The last photo is breathtaking…I just love the NC mtns. Thanks for sharing. I”m glad you guys got a trip up there before winter time…brrrrrr!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. What beautiful pictures of your day! I especially like the one of you and your son with the view in the background. Today was Canadian Thanksgiving, but we had already celebrated so it was just a regular day.
Blessings
Many years ago, I’d go to Chimney Rock for the SCCA Hillclimb weekend. Your pictures look just as I remember it. Love the view from the top, so beautiful and peaceful. Thanks for the memories
Have a wonderful day,
Christine
Wow Julie. Awesome pics, as usual. : )
Hope the rest of your week is filled with more blessings!! : )
Beautiful pictures!!!! Julie, you always take great photos. Your field trip sounds like lots of fun. We need to do more of those……
~Kelly
Great pix–thanks for sharing! 🙂 It sounded like a wonderful outing!
Beutiful pictures as usual!
Just stopping by to say Hi.
Have a wonderful day,
Christina
What a beautiful place for a field trip. And we just went to the boring old Science Center! We had a good time too, but this place looks much more interesting. As always, beautiful pictures!
Love, Kathy