Tryon Creek State Park

We are so very lucky to have a state park within the city limits of Portland!  And such a spectacular one.  Today Jasper and I and some lovely fellow homeshooling friends headed over to Tryon Creek for their Friday Story and Stroll.  Sadly they have recently lowered the number of children who can preregister for this free weekly event.  Today's topic was beavers.  The park ranger read a beaver story to the kids.  She explained that she had wanted to actually take the kids to see evidence of beavers in the park, but the walk was too distant.  And then she had a craft for them to do, making paper bags into beaver puppets, which unfortunately did not intrigue our kids.  So I asked her to show me on a park map where we might find the beavers (near the Red Fox Bridge) and we headed out for a delightful, sunny, warm, and very very muddy walk in search of them.  We did in fact find a beaver lodge,  and were overjoyed to be out in the woods on a lovely day.  If you want to explore the woods without leaving the city, check it out!   And don't forget to be prepared for some mud!  http://www.tryonfriends.org/