Our first homeschool co-op activity was a trip to the World Center for Birds of Prey. It had been a few years since we had been there so it was fun to check out all the raptors again. We had a special treat that day as they did a trial run for their Fall Flights demonstration. We were then able to tour the falconry exhibit which we had not seen before.
Sheikh Zayed Arab Falconry wing
Later that afternoon when the girls were home from school and we got a few things packed up we headed toward Stanley, ID. We stayed overnight in a cute cabin (with a hot tub right outside our door!) and got up on time to take a ten-mile hike into the mountains to Alpine and Sawtooth Lakes. After our hike, we stopped at the Kirkham hot springs to soak our sore muscles and remove all the trail dust.
Lunch break at Alpine Lake
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We hiked one more mile to Sawtooth Lake
Alpine Lake again on the way back down.
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| Still smiling after ten miles of hiking! |
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| I finally finished crocheting Nicolas' blanket and sent it off to him! |
Seth and I have been studying early American history so we brought out the Jamestown and Powhatan Toobs and made our Jamestown settlement again. I think this one was better than the one we made five years ago!
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| Whoa! That is one big chicken... |
It is Concord grape season! We were blessed with many grapes again this year which means lots of canned grape juice, Concord grape pies for the freezer, and grape jelly. This steamer is by far the easiest way to make grape juice concentrate.
