Raptor Refuge

Tyler came home a few weeks ago from school telling us about this place called the Raptor Refuge. We took it with a grain of salt, but then decided to looked it up and sure enough there is a Raptor Refuge here in our town. They have all kinds of raptor birds that have been injured to the point that they can no longer survive in the wild. This bald eagle was shot in the chest and lost her ability to fly, then to add insult to injury she got bit by a mosquito and got the west nile so is blind in one eye. She quickly became my favorite with her majestic features. They also had a red tail hawk, a Swainson's hawk, a turkey vulture, a golden eagle, and a great horned owl!
Just to the side of the Refuge are some hiking paths. I'd actually call them walking paths, but they are right along the river bank and so relaxing to walk on. We ended up doing the longest 'hike' because we just followed Makai. Along the way we saw a deer grazing, and Kyle and Monty found this little guy. A cute little frog. Each boy had a chance to hold the frog. Even Makai grabbed it from one of the boys. Thankfully we didn't squeeze his insides out which worried me when I watched him grab him. Poor little frog probably had the scariest 5 minutes of his life, but we let him go. We had a nice adventure and didn't even have to drive more than a few miles. We love our town!