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!