Last week Finn and I visited the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (now that’s a mouthful) across the Dumbarton Bridge in Fremont. It’s a doozy of a trip with some parents leading activities for the students and other parents chaperoning. I reluctantly agreed to be a station leader when they were short on volunteers, even though it was terrible timing for us since we were leaving on a camping trip the next morning. We were all a little worried about the weather and the projected rain, but the day turned out to be mostly dry, if a little chilly.
I paired up with another mom to teach the kids about salt pond migration and the necessity of the local habitat to the migratory bird population. There was a script to read and a game to play; some groups were more interested than others. Here are a couple of shots from our station.
I have very few pictures, but I snapped a couple when Finn’s group came through.
And here’s one I took at the end of the day when the rain clouds really started rolling in.
It took what seemed like forever to orchestrate this class picture.
The rain came just as we were hiking back up to the cars. It was a good day but totally exhausting!