The First Nature Walk of almost Fall

Oh, the fun of Sinclair Bush. The scary bridge that we love to cross, the mud and burrs that just stick to us, and the stream.

Mom decided that we needed to go for a walk. So, rather than walking down the road, we drove to Sinclair Bush (about 2 min drive).

Welcome to Sinclair Bush!
The best trail (in my opinion) around here!

The nature is gorgeous!

Streams are always fun to play in 😀

The sun was shining in very prettily.

About 5 yards in.

Ah, the stream ... the mud ... the fun 😀

A side stream

V, M & E walked in the stream.

I like this picture, you have the stream, the dirt, and the wildlife.

The water was very pretty and not super cold either

I like this one too

Yes, this is a bridge; no, not the famous one.

We found out, that our beloved scary bridge is now no more.

Instead someone else decided to make a bridge, but its not as fun 😔😢

The remains of our beloved bridge.

Goodbye bridge!

All the wood that collapsed.

I thought this was cool.

I have no idea what these berries are, does anyone?

Or these.

I like dis one.

Mom wanted a picture of us on the log (our second "bridge")

We convinced Mom to cross 

Hugging the log 😂

On the opposite side of this dam (?), we went
climbing with some friends a few years back.

The other stream that separates the other corn field on the back of the trail.

The corn field.

We think this was a mushroom. (?)

This, in my opinion, is one of the prettiest spots in the bush!
There was even a purple light (how? dunno) coming through too!

The tree has been loved by some woodpeckers 😀

We weren't exactly in Sinclair Bush, we were in a 4-wheeler trail, that we didn't follow. The trail is way better than actually going into Sinclair Bush (we went down the first trail).

A rotten tree

More berries (and I just realized that there is a spider there 😐)

I like these flowers.

Goodbye bush! Looking forward to next time 😊

And that is pretty much our nature walk.

The stream

The prettiest area in the road in the fall.

Well, we love our bush. It is always exciting to go there, especially after not being there all summer!

Sing His Praises!

 

"Sing His praises, oh trees,
As you sway in the wind.
Sing His praises, oh clouds,
As you sweep across the sky."

"Show His majesty oh mountains,

For you stand tall on the horizon.

Show His care, oh flowers,

As your beauty shines forth."

"Sing His praises, oh creation!

Sing them high and sing them low.

Sing them through the waters,

Sing them with your voices.

Sing His praises!"

"Sing His praises oh birds,

Raise your voices to the sky.

Sing His praises oh man,

For He created you too."

"Sing His praises, oh His creation!
Sing them high and sing them low.
Shout them in the open,
Sing them with all your being.
Sing His praises!"

Homeschool Camping

 Ah, the favorite camping trip of the year: Homeschool Camping.

It was the best! Most of the pickle fam (people I worked with this summer) were there, so that made it very fun!

It was much colder than our Family Camping, but great nonetheless. I hung out with the girls, I even went fishing at 6:30am Tuesday morning. That was cold. I, unfortunately, didn't catch anything. But at least I got second breakfast! A routine I daily kept, unless it was too close to lunch. Then I had second lunch 😋 which is also great 😂! Many of us ate second breakfast, especially when we went fishing.

But it was a beautiful day, and this was at about 8am! 

A waterhole in the dock.

V brought a book. At first I was with the girls, then went back to
 get the camera and joined some of the Cowans and Zach (from the pickle fam).
Zach is the photobomber.

It became very dark and it was quite pretty too.

All in all, homeschool camping was great fun! There was almost nothing I would've wanted to change. One morning we decided to wake up early to go to the beach (just us older teens), and ended up staying on a campsite, most of us wrapped in blankets, talking. It was extremely cold, well, for Homeschool camping, it was. But Grandma M gave me hot chocolate, and that was nice..

One night, it was just 3 of us girls and we listened to comedy for a while, then I went to a different campsite where everyone was and was there till about 11:30pm. (Our curfew was supposed to be at 10:30-11:00, but one of the moms came to get her children, and we got the memo that it was late!) That night, we decided that the next morning we would wake up early to go to the beach, but ended up staying on a campsite, most of us wrapped in blankets, talking. It was extremely cold, well, for Homeschool camping, it was. But Grandma M gave me hot chocolate, and that was nice. Then eventually I warmed up and we all had much fun. 
Later we sadly parted ways, and went home. That was a sad part. But it was nice to come home too! 

Family Camping

 Usually we go September camping the first week of September. This year we camped the last week of August.

It was fun. There were many people! All the VKs and a few other families that I know.

The first thing you should do: Visit the bay

Mom Instagraming (yes, my new word)

The trailer all set up.

We had some issues with the hydro, but Dad fixed it!!

Our first fire

The beach. One of my favorite pictures

The moon was very bright for the first few nights.

We went fishing the second night.

Even I fished for a while. Then I took more pictures.

The blob in the picture is a fish that didn't exactly
want to be in a picture. Hence the blob.

Okay, I love sunset pictures and none of these
were taken on a special setting too!

Victoria reading. During our camping, I did read 10
books, and V probably read more than me!

There was rain a-comin'.

We had great fun. It wasn't super cold, so that was great! Unfortunately, our campsite had no shade, but you make do with what you get!