Field Trip

Yesterday we went on a field trip to a bee keeper and his "honey plant". It was very interesting, in spite of the fact that I had the time down as 4:00 and it actually started at 3:30. I checked my email one more time on the way out the door to make sure I had the right directions to get there, when I realized we were now going to be late. (and here I thought I was doing so good on time. Sheesh!) As we took off, I talked with the girls about my mistake with the time. We talked about maybe just skipping the whole thing. The girls put in a vote to go shopping. tempting. very. tempting. I didn't fall for it though. We decided to just go for it, and get in as much of the tour as we could. So we drove the 45 minutes to get to the place. It was a beautifully sunny day and country roads are always relaxing...so I was glad we did it. As we were driving I kept seeing places that would make great photo opps...knowing I had my camera with me. (I never leave home without it now.)

After the tour, the honey tasting, the bee queen watching, the visiting with friends...we hopped in the car to head for home. I knew I wanted to stop somewhere to snap some shots, it just wouldn't have been right if I didn't. I remembered seeing an abandoned building just off the road with a great setting around it. I spotted it again coming from the opposite direction and pulled off the road. The girls hopped out of the car and shifted into photography mode in a nano second. (they are so used to this now) We had fun snapping shots and laughing together. Matt called while we were shooting and was not surprised to hear what we were doing. :) I told him to start boiling some water for supper and we were on our way. We snapped our final shots and got back in the car.

We had only driven maybe 10 more miles when I started grabbing for my bag, telling my oldest to "get my camera out, get my camera out...hurry, hurry!" Just off the road in a field was this huge moose. We, of course, pulled over again! I turned my flashers on because I was just off the road this time. We rolled down the passenger window and I started clicking away. I didn't get out because I didn't want that ginormous thing to charge me...moose can charge you know that, right!?!? I wasn't the only one pulled over...another lady was trying to get pics with her cell phone. (the girls found it funny) I literally climbed across the car onto my daughter's lap so I could get shot of him. He walked a little bit, looked at us, and then decided to lay down right in the middle of the field. We were amazed at how disguised he was laying there in the sun. It was really a cool experience, and we decided that was the best part of our trip...better than the bee keeper. :) Needless to say...I am so happy that we made the trek even though it would have been fun to go shopping! ;)