Precious Moments with Micah and Tristan

This afternoon I decided I'd spend some time with Micah and Tristan.  I went down and took them to Maverick where they selected a treat, something to cool them down on a hot summer day.  The we went over to the Denzil Stewart Nature Park.  This park is rather unique.  It has not playgrounds no bathroom facilities.  There is a fountain and a concrete walkway around the park with several interpretive signs along the way.  The owners of the land that is now the park had fond memories of the area stemming from pioneer days in Cache Valley.  When they moved out of the valley and made their fame and fortune elsewhere they decided to donate this property to the city of Logan for the purposes of creating a small nature park, an area that would be left pretty much in an unchanged state from the time before it was inhabited by modern man.  It is an interesting spot for me to go and reminisce about things as they used to be.  I was glad that Micah and Tristan were able to enjoy wandering through the dry grass meadow, climbing trees, and throwing rocks into the river, and exploring for artifacts of nature and early pioneer life in this area.  Ir's surprising, well, not really, that young children can still find so many things of interest away from the TV, the IPads, the cell phones and all the plastic toys etc. with which we try to entertain them in this modern world.  It gave me a great feeling to know that boys are still made out of  "frogs and snails and puppy dog tails" and still like to explore nature and learn from the simple things God created for us all to enjoy.

Micah demonstrating his monkey talents

Tristan, the little Tree Hugger

Interesting artifacts discovered on a little hike into a small wooded area,  a small snail shell, a rusted bottle cap, probably from pioneer times, and a piece of beech tree bark each with a great tale to tell to those who would really care to know.

Micah and Tristan enjoyed throwing rocks into the river and watching the big splash.  They even tried their hand at skipping rocks.  That might take a little more practice.

Little boys wanting to be big and tall.  Thanks for going with me Tristan and Micah and making my afternoon so full of fun and wonder.! and thanks to the Denzil Stewart family for helping us to know about things as they used to be and still can be if we take the time to enjoy nature and preserve it for the future generations.