outdoor west outing

Having been back in Rapid for just over a week with poor weather, the first really warm day made me want to get out of the house. So I packed up the kids and went just ten minutes away to this new Outdoor Campus that my mom told me about. It's kinda like a museum, but it's purpose is to give outdoor educational experiences. So it had information about western South Dakota's wildlife, etc.. It was pretty cool.

There was a good sized aquarium filled with local fish that we spent a lot of time at.

Samuel especially enjoyed the fish.

Mostly the kids climbed the Needles-ish rocks.

Another favorite was the television screens. You go to a wildlife center and the kids are excited about the giant tv's. Go figure. At least it was educational stuff.

I told Noah we were going on a field trip and he was like, What's that?

There were little hollow trees and toys to play with. Noah, however, is petting a stuffed animal of some kind though. I just noticed that though - oops! There were lots of animals in there - all kinds from western SD.

They begged to go outside after a while and since there's 32 acres of trails, we went on a short hike.

It was so hot out we stayed in the wooded area by the little creek.

The start of our short hike. Evie climbed over this log on her hands and knees.

Then they begged to go back inside since it was so hot. So that's what we did. Colored and watched more nature videos. It was a good outing. And free!