Junior Ranger

Lexie is now a junior ranger of the National Parks Service! The weekend before last, John took us to a National Park Family Day at Ft. Vancouver. We had a great time, Lexie especially. At the beginning of the event was an information booth where Lexie learned her 'mission.' To become a Junior Ranger she needed to go to at least five different booths to collect stamps. She colored a bear, panned for gold, visited with an owl and a turkey vulture, made a 'sea biscuit', touched a beavers tail (at which point she asked the ranger why they took it off the beaver!), made a paper bat, and looked at a vast and sundry assortment of park-ish stuff, all while learning about Northwest parks. At the end she had earned a Junior Ranger patch, pin, and signed and dated certificate with her name on it. Another fabulous weekend!