Haunted Woods

On Friday, Halloween, we attended a Haunted Woods event at Brukner Nature Center. It was our first visit to this nature center and we really liked it. The girls had fun checking out the exhibits, playing games, getting their face painted, and then we went for the Haunted Woods walk. We stopped at six stations along the path in the woods. The first stop was a pirate talking about the American Crow. The second stop was a mad scientist talking about making a creature by mixing DNA from other creatures...she made an opossum. The third stop was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle talking about turtles. The fourth stop was a vampire talking about bats. The fifth stop was a witch making snake stew, talking about snakes. And the sixth and final stop was Meredith Vieira with a new game show, "Who Wants to Be a Naturalist". She asked the kids questions about the animals they learned about on the walk. There was an owl at this stop. Each stop had a live animal, and the presenters were really good at imitating the character they were being. After the walk we had a snack and sat at the bonfire listening to some scary stories!

The girls also had a chance to look at Jupiter through a telescope.

We all had a lot of fun, and now that we know how to get to the other nature center we plan on visiting again.

Here's a slideshow of our trip...