Slices of Life

We had timed entry passes into the North Fork section of the park on Sunday Sept. 7th. for 7-9 am. We were up early enough to start in the park and go past Apgar Village. Thank goodness too as even going this way we had nearly an hour on unpaved, bumpy roads.  The North Fork is VERY rural-- no water, no electricity, no paved roads, etc. It was very pretty though and we were hoping to spot a moose or perhaps a bear (from the comfort and safety of the car).   We were headed to the Polebridge Mercantile (just outside the national park boundaries) but we arrived with a few minutes to spare before they opened. So we decided to head on into the park. Can you see the mercantile at the end of the road?   we saw quite a few deer Once in the park we saw a sign for Bowman lake 6 miles away-- so another 20 or perhaps even 30 minutes on another bumpy, dirt road. We pulled into a parking spot and walked to the lake. We immediately agreed the views were totally worth it!  We...

  **Originally shared September 17, 2012 when my boys were 4, 6 & 8** Sometimes I wake up pretty early in the morning and can't get back to sleep feeling guilty I didn't plan anything.  Today was one of those days. I knew we'd read another chapter or two in our Dragon book since it's due back at the library this week and we really want to know how it ends.  Right now the baby dragon has been captured! Other than that I didn't have any definite ideas of our day.  I knew I had to have faith and just let our day unfold.  Often I find the days we don't plan anything and just follow our interests we learn the most. After reading two chapters while eating breakfast, we ended up watching a short web video on how cider is made for science. I figured with our trip to the orchard coming up this weekend it was perfect timing.  On our last trip to the orchard, I asked the boys if they remembered watching how apple cider was made on a field trip they took ...