Battlecreek Waterfall in the Fall November 2016

Ahh Battlecreek, you never fail us.  Your beauty even shows through gravel roads or drizzly, foggy air.  In truth, the air was the biggest part of the thrill of the day... I mean, have you ever walked in a cloud?  Here are just a few pictures from our fun day!

Frozen! Utah Lake Jan 25, 2016

At Homeschool Adventure Club today, I witnessed some of the things that books cannot teach.  This is also one of the goals of our club. We gather together with no real "plan" other than to spend time in nature with our children.  The reality is after a few minutes of arrival, the adults wander around and talk with each other and looking at our children from afar. The kids join up quickly to throw rocks into the ice and see it crack and splash.  I am always interested whom will end our adventure day as buddies, sometimes unlikely combinations.  I love what we learn from each other, children included.

We enjoyed the horses on the side of the road - Such long hair in the winter!  We walked down to the ice and enjoyed testing it out for a long time, slipping on it, throwing rocks onto it, and splashing rocks into the restricted area of the lake.

We saw a very large bird afar off and I asked Delita, who has a very good eye for birds, and she told it was a bald eagle! We were amazed and crept closer.  It found a tree to perch on that was not far from us.  The majesty and grace of that bird is something that is really special to see. The kids stopped what they were doing to run over and see, saying "Look its the bird of America!"  They were as enchanted as the adults, if not more so.

Connie's kids got the chance to find out that 4 inch diameter holes meant for fishing are still large enough to fall into, clear up to the hip.  They had a very short stay at the lake. Each of my kids by the end of the day got to remember the excellent blessing of getting into a car and quickly warming up those wet toes.  they will remember that chill of tight fingers with too thin gloves in cold weather.  Taking time to prepare in the winter is essential! Jessie, quotes often the Norwegians, saying "There is no bad weather, only bad clothing!"

Ice, friends, rocks, nippy noses, bald eagles, tall reeds, horses, and friends made it a very enchanting day at the lake.  It was so fun to have new friends join us!

Adventure Club Wish List

In the month of goal setting and renewal, what should we plan for fun this year! I want to see Utah! We are located in Utah County and for the most part, that is where we base most of our adventures. I would absolutely be happy traveling up to an hour in any direction.

Do you have any fun ideas? I would love to hear where your family goes to picnic or have fun visiting (in any weather).


Here are some of my ideas for this year:

Riding on the Heber Creeper

Donut Falls in Little Cottonwood Canyon

Hiking to Ensign Peak in Salt Lake City

Visiting the Great Salt Lake

Beach day at Utah Lake in the summer


Now is your time to speak.

Here are my goals for this year for our group!

Have an uplifting experience in nature

Slow down and enjoy our children (without always trying to "arrive at a destination")

Explore different parts of Utah- what a playground we have here

Practice drawing and writing in our Nature Journals.

Please comment below with your ideas

I thought it would be fun to see what we did in 2015:

January:

Bonneville Shoreline Trail, Provo
Rock Canyon

February:

South Fork
Canyon Glen Park (campfire day!)

March:

South Fork (campfire with Smoreos!)
Battlecreek Falls Pleasant Grove
Nielson's Grove Orem

April:

Tibble Fork Reservoir American Fork Canyon

Jolley's Ranch Springville Canyon

May:

Hike Y trail Provo

June:

Cascade Springs Provo Canyon

July:

Upper Falls hike Provo Canyon
Brighton hike to see the wildflowers

August:

Bridal Veil Falls Provo Canyon
Nielson's Grove Park Orem


September:

Payson Grotto hike to waterfall
Dry Canyon hike Orem

October:

Big Springs Provo Canyon
Gardner Village witch hunt

November:

Rock Canyon
Bean Museum Provo

December:

Hybernate at home!  No Adventure Club

We blog now.

We made a blog! This will be a great place to tell you about all our upcoming adventures! So keep watch.