Thursday, September 02, 2004
Today I took my son and one of his friends (another homeschooler) to the Grant's Pass Skate Park. Unfortunately I forgot to take the camera - but I have these photos I took last month when my daughter and I stopped there to check things out.
There's nothing like this here in the small mountain town we live in.
Aaron said this was a good field trip for science since he was able to experiment with centrifugal force. I think that's stretching things a bit but it was definitely a good field trip for physical education. Both Aaron and his friend got totally worn out on their BMX bikes along with about thirty other boys on bikes and skateboards (amazing how they never ran into each other).
We stopped at a bike shop and got parts to fix his mountain bike. He says I can use it to take rides alongside the local river.
On the way home we saw a bear cub sitting in the middle of the road. It was the first bear I'd seen in the nearly-five years I've lived here. When it saw our car it scrambled to the side of the road, climbed a hill and hid under a bush. Aaron advised me not to stop... "The next bear you see may be that one's mother," he said.
Aaron's favorite section... the bowl:
There's nothing like this here in the small mountain town we live in.
Aaron said this was a good field trip for science since he was able to experiment with centrifugal force. I think that's stretching things a bit but it was definitely a good field trip for physical education. Both Aaron and his friend got totally worn out on their BMX bikes along with about thirty other boys on bikes and skateboards (amazing how they never ran into each other).
We stopped at a bike shop and got parts to fix his mountain bike. He says I can use it to take rides alongside the local river.
On the way home we saw a bear cub sitting in the middle of the road. It was the first bear I'd seen in the nearly-five years I've lived here. When it saw our car it scrambled to the side of the road, climbed a hill and hid under a bush. Aaron advised me not to stop... "The next bear you see may be that one's mother," he said.
