Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch

Today I took the kids over to the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch.  We met our friends, the Silversteins, there. They had to leave soon after, but we hung around exploring. Then we headed next door to the giant library and checked out some new books.

According to Walter, "The biggest cactus I've ever seen."

Friends!

Digging for dinosaur bones

Nothing is more fun to kids than getting covered in sand.

Observing the dig

They had sand in all their pockets when we got home.

There are a ton of these walls for climbing of all different heights and difficulty. Walter gives one a try.

Adele and Gordon give it a shot.

Adele liked this one a little better.

This one was as wide as a sidewalk with different decorations and surfaces. The kids loved it.

Adele being brave

Out on one of the water areas, checking out the ducks.

On that floating log, some turtles were sunning themselves.