Skipping Stones

For some reason, Rudy recently became interested in skipping stones. He talked about wanting to do it for days - he tried in his pool, talked about it while camping, asked all the time to go somewhere - so Paul finally took him to the local park. Apparently Rudy was not very successful (although he hasn't mentioned it since, so I guess it got it out of his mind), but he had fun with the birds at the pond.

The "Wild Wild Rescue"

Since it was a beautiful day on Saturday we decided to visit the local wildlife refuge, which Rudy called the "wild wild rescue". There are paths to walk on and also a drive to go around an look for animals (mostly birds) in the waters and marshes.

Overlooking the marshes.

Paul and Rudy on the boardwalk trail. The static electricity on here was unbelievable. We shocked each other constantly and when you got near the wire fencing, you could hear the sound of the static. It was quite a painful walk at times.

Walking on a path by the boardwalk. Rudy didn't want to go in the 'deep dark forest', but fortunately, since there are very few leaves on the trees, we didn't encounter many areas like that! He also found several 'bear tracks' that he was following. And he found some 'dinosaur eggs'. It was quite an adventure.

A view of the boardwalk from the path.

The great bird watcher.

Silly face

This is while we were on the drive. Rudy is 'reading' the book on local birds and pointing to the words and telling us all about them. I think he was reading about a 'redbird' here.

Rudy checking the sign to make sure we're heading the right way.

A beautiful lake.

The explorers. I love Rudy's pose here!

This large branch was partially in front of the path. Rudy decided he needed to move it out of the way. I think he succeeded in moving it about an inch or two.

And of course towards the end of our final path, Rudy the birdwatcher was gone and the superheroes had returned.

Walking back to our car.