Monday, August 31, 2009

Bat Caves!

Our final Planet Earth field trip! We finished studying caves a while ago, but just last weekend were able to do our field trip. This one was great fun because we not only got to go with friends, but most of our extended family went as well.
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This was on property that is owned by friends of David's parents. David explored these caves as a child. David's dad grew up just down the road from the property and spent his childhood exploring them as well. We did a lot of wading through creeks to get to our destinations!





The caves were long and narrow in some places!


Here we are after getting all the way through the first cave.






To say this was not a clean field trip would be a huge understatement.




Grace's OU headlamp.


Deciding where to go next...



Taking a roasted hot dog and s'more break!



The water cave...





It was a perfect day! We saw only a few bats, which was ok with me. We had so much fun exploring and experiencing REAL caves.

3 comments:

My Blessings From Above said...

What a cool field trip! I need to incorporate more field trips into our lessons.

Nicole Knox said...

Looks like so much fun!

Dana Leeds said...

How NEAT!!! To explore a cave, without it being a tourist place. :-)