Eco Academy - Canoeing

The moon is giving off a huge pull this month so the tide was very high.  The water was coming up over the sea wall - but just barely.  It's about 3 feet higher than normal. 

 South Beach is on the news - flooding.

15 canoes and kayaks set sail today - and one motor boat

 We went out just a bit and found a tunnel in the mangroves.  Tech went first and led the group. Gray, Scout, and I went in last. 

 We paddled "through the woods" and over the stumps.  It was the first time for most of them.

We sang our canoe song and Scout taught Gray about mangroves.  The three kinds, their roots, seeds and leaves, and how they expel salt.

She remembered!  

Experiencing these classes is so much more effective in learning for her than sitting in a conventional classroom.

Scout caught a cuban tree frog.

It reminds me of the time we did it at John Pennekamp.

2005!!  HOLY COW! has it really been that long?!?