FAMILY FUN AT THE FRED BERRY CONSERVATION EDUCATION CENTER

This was a great, educational day!

Last week we had a nice opportunity for "conservation day." We attended an event for children out at the Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek, and had a wonderful time!

FUN & EDUCATIONAL!

We had been hearing about the Fred Berry Conservation Education Center for a while now, and last week we finally took the drove over to find it. When I was growing up I always liked visiting places like this, and we really enjoyed the together.

The Hive account@little-peppers got an opportunity to learn more about the different varieties of milkweed and their crucial role in the ecosystem, especially the Monarch butterfly. They also each received a seed to plant so that they can start growing their own on our homestead. We also talked about pollinators in general, and the possible reasons for their recent decline.

This part of the day was rather strange for us. It was a presentation on some of the different species of frogs in the area. @Mama-pepper laughed a little and joked, "Why are we here? This is pretty much our life!" It was still fun to see, but she did have a good point. Those Hive account@little-peppers pretty much already knew everything that was shared, but it is still good to get a refresher.

This was one of the favorite parts of the day for us. It also made us long to have our own pond, but I think that'll be coming soon enough.

This is a stocked pond where they allow catch and release fishing. Besides the large turtle cruising around, there were at least catfish, bluegill, and crappie in the pond. Some of them were quite large too!

Unfortunately for the Hive account@little-peppers, we were not able to catch any fish. I think that part of it was the fact that we were fishing late in the afternoon, after the pond had already been fished all day. The hot dogs that they gave us for bait may have been another factor, since they were in large pieces and did not want to stay on the hook. Apparently this pond may be "open to the public" (at least for children anyway) to a certain degree, so maybe we will have to stop back some other time when it hasn't been fished all day and let the Hive account@little-peppers enjoy some fishing. We could even bring our own "not hot dogs" bait to try!

Before we left, Monster Truck and I even had the pleasure of meeting a garbage can named "Tyler." This was a new experience for us, and a little strange, but we still took a photo to prove that it happened. It was a good end to the day!