In Search of ... Amphibians!

I took the boys to a program at Edwin Warner Park on Thursday.  They have a ton of great looking programs but they are usually either when the boys are in school or on Saturdays when they have games.  And because the park is in Nashville and a bit of drive, it's not the first place I think to look when trying to find something to do.

We went to a program called "In Search of ... Amphibians".  With the help of a zoologist, the boys got to find salamanders (and crayfish) in a creek behind the nature center.  Carter or Rylan both found a few salamanders.  The ones they were able to catch were smaller but they did find some large ones that slipped away from them and into the water before they could grab them.  Gray had fallen asleep on the way to the park and was not in the mood to have anything to do with the water.  He pretty much made me hold him the two hours we were at the creek.

Teamwork ... One lifting up a rock and the other scooping whatever was under the rock into a net.

When we were done, we picnicked in the air conditioned car (away from all the mosquitos and sweat bees that would not leave me alone despite a ton of bug spray - they didn't both the kids at all).  Afterwards, we drove to the other side of the park and found a couple of letterboxes.

Then we played in the Little Harpeth River for a bit.  We had gotten a lot of rain the previous few days so it was really flowing.  I had to make sure that Gray didn't get very deep because I think he could have been knocked down and carried down the river some by the current.

We had a fun day being outside and exploring!