Outdoor Fun

We've been enjoying the gorgeous weather here in New Mexico and doing some fun outdoor activities!

A few weeks ago, Daddy wasn't feeling very well so I took the kids out of the house and we went to the Rio Grande Nature Center.  This is the place where we had our family pictures taken, and I had promised the kids we would come back and spend more time looking at everything.

It is such a peaceful place.  You can walk through the trails while listening to the birds and looking for other wild creatures. 

 

We even heard a woodpecker and came within a couple feed of the state bird - a roadrunner!  

 

They have viewing areas for you to overlook the pond and fun bridges to run over.  

 

There is also an indoor center with little exhibits, a puppet theater with animal puppets, and other kid activities.  

 

  

 

At the end of our adventure we stopped at the little gift shop and the kids picked out little stuffed birds that made their sounds when you squeezed them.  Alex picked a duck and Aurora got a Canadian Goose.

 Then we had a nice picnic lunch at one of the picnic tables there.  It was a great day!