Nature in Canoes Intersession Trip

There is no better way to see and experience the flora and fauna that live in our watersheds than by boat.  We took a group of 8 children out on two canoe trips to explore and learn about natural world up by Lake Michie and on the lower Eno and Flat Rivers.  The weather was perfect and the children did a great job in their boats. 
The day at Lake Michie was great, unfortunately for you we have no pictures to document it.  We saw a lot of wildlife and we got to explore and experience a mountain micro-climate on the north shore of the Flat River.  All part of a really fun day.
Fortunately we do have pictures from our day on the rivers.  It was another sunny day and we had one of our campers volunteer to be trip photographer, which is good since sometimes it is hard to take pics and lead the group.  Here are a couple of shots...


Beautiful day
















Paddling along



An unidentified furry animal was in this hole

Despite the low lake levels of Falls Lake the canoeing was great.  We saw Kingfishers, Vultures, Hawks, Heron, Cardinals, Crows, and Bluebirds.  There were a couple of mysterious furry animals that we only got brief glimpses of and unfortunately we were unable to identify them.  This was a really fun day with a lot of nature all around us.  If you get a chance get out and explore some too.  You can always join us on a program.  See our link on the right.