Senses hike

We headed out to Scorton Creek again, this time for a sense's hike.  Scout has been hiking since she came home from the hospital 2 years and 1 month ago. Mostly we just walked along quietly enjoying all there was to see and hear. Now we talk a lot about what we see and hear. She is so interested in soaking up all the knowledge she can.

The marsh smelled stinky today...we talked about high tide and low tide.

We spotted grey fox tracks. We saw feathers spread all over the ground, was it from the fox?

It snowed last night and the trees were draped over the trails. We listened and heard birds, pointing in the direction we heard them. Then we looked to find them. Scout heard a helicopter and then a fire truck. We heard the ice and snow falling from the trees.

We heard the water rushing under the bridge. More talk about the tides. We talked about coming back and paddling in the spring.

Red berries...we didn't find red on our colors hike the other day. We talked about not eating things we find in the woods. Scout added that the birds could eat them.

Look at all these squirrel tracks at the base of the tree. There must be a nest nearby.

We looked up and there it was!

We continued walking and Scout mentioned "Stennis go up there". We were walking past the tree he ran up! I couldn't believe it, she recognized the spot and remembered he did it. All this time in the woods has really made her aware of her surroundings while out there. After all the snow it doesn't even look the same, I got turned around at one point today.

Back at the beach we talked about the tides again. Low tide today, look at the roots.

We both love our hikes. I can't imagine sending her to school and missing out on all this learning. I couldn't imagine her missing out on learning all this first hand. Everyday we are more and more happy with our decision to unschool.