First of all let me ask, how have I not heard about this place until now??
Barry and I decided to go for a hike today, but we wanted to try a new trail. I looked up a bunch of local trails and we decided to do a loop at Oregon Ridge. This is the coolest park I think I have ever been to. There is a lake for swimming/splashing with a little beach to play in the sand. A nature center full of real animals and a lot of learning opportunities. It has so much history as an old mining place. There is a playground, a million trails and actual wildlife. When we normally hike we rarely see any wildlife. Today we saw a plethora of turtles swimming and sunning, tad poles, frogs (screaming), fish swimming, giant spiders and snakes and in the nature center a few more. Lily loved the tad poles and turtles. She was a little scared of the frogs since they were so loud. Overall, I fell in love with this place. They even have a place for a dinner theater! BONUS: It's only 20 minutes away from our home. To all the local mamas/daddies/people out there, check it out! I have no idea how I didn't know about this place until now. Now for some pictures :) (We went a second time this week so I added a couple new pictures, hence the outfit changes)
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| Turtles on a log |
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| Lots of Pretty Fish |
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| Can you find the swimming turtle? |
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| MORE turtles! |
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| First time feeling sand. |
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| Ma, what is this stuff?? |
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| Hmm it's kinda cool... |
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| But it tastes so yucky! |
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| Brr this water is cold. |
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| Woah I'm weightless! |
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| *jumps a million times* |
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| Daddy come play! |
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| UGH THIS SAND TASTES SO GOOOOOOD |
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| She got a little scared near the spring where the water was moving fast. |
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| This Jack, Jack knows his own name! |
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| Lots of frogs |
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| This one jumped about three feet i the air and scared us. Silly froggy |
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| Babywearing is magic! |
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| Tad Poles!!! These were so cool |
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| Daddy and Lily time |
BONUS: We also learned some new things today:
- Lily does not go potty while be held/warn. This was really useful while we were out. She stayed dry the WHOLE time!
- Lily started signing!! She signed 'milk' and her own version of 'potty' today. My little genius! *
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I love her white hat, where did you get it?
ReplyDeleteI actually got it at a local consignment shop! I can't quite remember but I think it is Gymboree.
DeleteI love it their, espeshely there 2 big turtle aquariums(48x24x24 120 gallon and 72x24x24 180 gallon) in a seprate room in the nature center...
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