Last Friday, Nathan experienced his very first field trip. His class took a trip to Bear Country U.S.A. Lady was visiting, so I was able to go along without having to drag Kathryn around in the cold and wind.
Bear Country isn't open for the season yet, but they opened just for Nathan's class. It was nice having the entire park to ourselves.
Waiting patiently for the bear cubs to come out.
They got a short lesson on mammals from the bear trainers.
They were so cute and fuzzy.
The cubs reminded me of Baby Sister.
Nathan petting a baby bear.
None of the kids were real impressed with petting bears. I don't think they realized how big and mean this bear is going to be when it's grown.
Petting the bear with Cameron. FYI, Nathan has a thing for Cameron. Also, FYI, she's the cutest girl in school. Go Nathan!
Running around was more of a hit with the kids than actually looking at animals.
Nathan has long sleeves, pants, a jacket and a hat on and these kids are wearing shorts. Why would a mother let their kid out of the house in South Dakota in April in summer clothes? Probably the same reason why kids wear PJ's to school or walk around barefoot on the playground in the freezing cold at school. Because they want to.
The kids stopped to look at bears for about 2 minutes, then continued on with their playing.
Bear Country isn't open for the season yet, but they opened just for Nathan's class. It was nice having the entire park to ourselves.
Waiting patiently for the bear cubs to come out.
They got a short lesson on mammals from the bear trainers.
They were so cute and fuzzy.
The cubs reminded me of Baby Sister.
Nathan petting a baby bear.
None of the kids were real impressed with petting bears. I don't think they realized how big and mean this bear is going to be when it's grown.
Petting the bear with Cameron. FYI, Nathan has a thing for Cameron. Also, FYI, she's the cutest girl in school. Go Nathan!
Running around was more of a hit with the kids than actually looking at animals.
Nathan has long sleeves, pants, a jacket and a hat on and these kids are wearing shorts. Why would a mother let their kid out of the house in South Dakota in April in summer clothes? Probably the same reason why kids wear PJ's to school or walk around barefoot on the playground in the freezing cold at school. Because they want to.
The kids stopped to look at bears for about 2 minutes, then continued on with their playing.
Bear Country looks pretty cool. I shoulda visited it when I lived there.
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