Philip's class went to the Nature Center downtown on Friday (4/24). I work for the Game and Fish, that built the center. I took the division's digital camera to take some pictures of the students enjoying the displays. The aquariums are by far the biggest hit. Philip has been to the nature center quite a few times, but still likes to go. It's a great place to take the kids, and its free!
The classes had lunch under the pavillion in the River Market just a few yards away. When lunch was finished, we went on to the new Riverfront Park. The park features a splash fountain fo rthe kids to cool off. Since they were going back on the bus to school, this area was off limits. The park has underground tunnels to go down and come up in another area--so parents had to guard these areas to keep our kids from getting wet. Some did manage to sneak over and get completly soaked. I'm sure if I wasn't on the trip, Philip would have found his way there, too.
I took Philip back to the office with me when the field trip was over. Steve "Wildman" Wilson gave me an autographed Talkin' Outdoors hat for him, a flash light, a coin and some stickers. We have a large aquarium in the lobby with fish, turtles and baby alligators. The Education department let him feed the alligators some baby tadpoles (sorry, Aunt Lisa). They also let him take some tadpoles home, since they were getting ready to clean the tank. So we now have about ten tadpoles in an aquarium at home.
