Herb Land

The Nature Girl and I were able to join the Artist on her field trip to Herb Land with Camp Adventure. The campers from our post went to the neighboring post and picked up their campers so they could go on their field trip together. It was a fun day with crafts, bubbles, plants, animals and friends. The girls made candles and a sand art picture, saw a greenhouse filled with plants, had a picnic surrounded by ladybugs and got to feed a bunch of sheep. The Nature Girl, of course, loved all the bugs and the sheep. The Artist was thrilled to have crafts and she jumped right in. The girls had a great time. I am so glad we went! I especially love the picture I caught of the Nature Girl with the sheep. It captured her perfectly!


Welcome to Herb Land


Check out these big bubbles



Craft Time







If that's not my Nature Girl, I don't know what is!

A few tips... based on my experiences

When you live in Arizona, you pretty much wear sandals or flip flops all the time. In Sierra Vista, you will find mosquitoes, but mostly during May-August. For the most part, it is not the kind of place where all the local bugs are out to get you and make a meal of you... too harsh of an environment. That, and I really didn't spend that much time outside. Texas is green and beautiful... but if you are going outside and plan to be walking through the grass, you need to wear shoes and socks. The fire ants are always looking for someone to bite... they are very aggressive. We also found that sitting in the flowers for a quick photo can get you all bit up too, by little bugs called thrips. I couldn't figure out why my girls were so upset to be sitting in the flowers getting their picture taken. Well, they were getting bit by bugs that are almost too tiny to see. I was fortunate to get these two cute shots, though.



While I was in Texas, I had a wonderful time visiting with friends. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to visit everyone I wanted to see nor did I get to spend as much time as I would have liked with the people I did see.