Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

Castillo de San Marcos: I love this place. It's so old, compared to the rest of Florida. This trip included another family, and the menfolk went to Daytona for a car show, so we took the kids to St. Augustine. I managed to get Cowgirl to finish her Junior Ranger book, but the two boys thought it was too much like school and kind of quit. Although once they saw the cool little badge she got, they wanted to do the program, but we only just finished by closing time so they were out of luck. It also happened to be Girl Scout day, there were local Girl Scouts that were in period costumes doing period things. I thought it sounded like a very cool program.

Loud noises coming up next!

Meditating in the chapel

Daisies Hike at Okeeheelee Park

Our Daisy troup went on a hike at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm. We did the trails around the nature center. The girls brought snacks, water and a nature journal. We saw mostly plants, most animals were probably scared off by the pack of noisy little girls, but we did see some gopher tortoises.

Biscayne National Park Family Fun Day

Biscayne National Park has a series of Family Fun days with different themes. Today's theme was invasive exotic animals. They had different activities such as iguana catching, a Lionfish dissection table to see what they're eating, and a plant identification table. Plus there was a cute little show with the Swedish Chef cooking Lionfish. And a big dead python. Do you think Lionfish is a big deal here? The majority of the park is underwater, so an invasive fish like the Lionfish that eats everything is a big deal!

Iguana Catching

Caught one!

Swearing in as a Junior Ranger

Ren-Fest Deerfield Beach

There's a renaissance festival every year in Deerfield Beach. I found out there is a Scout patch program which include discounted admission, so we had to go do it. And since we had some costumes, we dressed up. The dress is from Russia, from one of my parents trips. It worked really well.

Found her Knight!

With the Season Fairies

With the Royal Court

Ice Castle Day

Every year there is a ice castle built for the seedlings/Sunflower families to enjoy. Actually, the Sunflower families help to build it too, with people freezing their own decorated blocks to add to the top. It's a lot of work and fun.

Adding our frozen block

The Ice Castle is almost done!