Random Silliness at Mammoth Cave National Park - Cave City, KY

Sugarlands - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trillian was pretty happy to FINALLY earn her Junior Ranger Badge at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We've started this badge program probably 4 or 5 times over the years, but never finished. It's a tougher one!

But, YAY! We finally got it!

Obed Wild and Scenic River - Wartburg, TN

Today we earned our Junior Ranger Badges at the Obed Wild and Scenic River in Wartburg, TN.

The Rangers were very nice, and hopefully we'll be back soon for some rock climbing!

In addition to our badgework, we did Fish Identifcation, looked at the museum exhibits, and went over some rock climbing information. We still need to finish our map study and do a few more hikes, but hopefully we can keep that on a front-burning bucket list and get back up there again.

(More pictures to be added shortly)

Junior Rangers!

Little River Canyon National Preserve - Mentone, AL

Junior Rangers at Little River Canyon National Preserve in Alabama!

Junior Ranger Scavenger Hunt - Big South Fork NRRA, TN

After attending an earlier program with fellow homeschoolers where we learned about owls and dissected owl pellets, Bibby and I stuck around to earn Double Junior Ranger Honors from Ranger Mary at the Bandy Creek area of the Big South Fork NRRA.

Bibby completed a special scavenger hunt, and worked hard to clean up some trash along the trails surrounding the Visitor Center. In the mean time, Ribby was enjoying a forest tasting, trying to figure out which sticks and leaves were the most delicious!

Junior Rangers - Antelope Island, UT