An entomology "edventure"

We saw some deer as we were driving around (and during the program - no pic).  Behind  the fence you can just see twin fawns.  They were too shy for good pictures. 

 Saturday evening we got to spend some time with the Smith kids up at Pine Valley. When we got there we stopped in at the little information center.  I had never been there before and it was fun to see it.  The kids got some cool free posters, stickers and Smokey Bear stuff.   Then we had a picnic of Subway kids meals and old people diet food. After that we had a few minutes to walk the trail enjoying the cool air and scenery.  Then we headed to the new amphitheater for the Saturday evening ranger talk about "edible plants of the forest".  Unfortunately he didn't make it, but a guy from the information center said he would pinch hit with a presentation about insects.  He was an entomologist that specializes in wasps and showed us nests and told us quite a few interesting things about them.  He also had a specimen box with many other insects. He collects for the Smithsonian and other places.  He had traveled world wide to do his collecting.  There were very few people there, so we got to see all of the stuff up close and ask any questions that we wanted to.  It was really cool.  Just as he  finished up it started to rain, so we were off to the car for the trip home.  We listened to a  Hank the Cow Dog story on the way there and back.  It was a fun and informative entomology "edventure" and a nice way to spend time with the kids and get up to the cooler clime.  Thanks for going with us kids!