One of the projects that we did last year for school was to follow a river from the source to the sea. It was a big project and ended in a hike that we meant to blog about and then somehow got caught up in all the other posts that one must post… so here it is… looking back.
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From the Source to the Sea
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From our home we can see the mountain top where the river starts… we can also see the mouth of the river across the bay. It’s quite a journey but we had a goal and wanted to see if we could make it all the way.
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We got as close to the bubbling source as we could…
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And then followed it down.
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A stop to look at the foam…
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And take a rest.
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The Middle Course of the River
After a rest and a break we started our hike again,
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Heading down the gentle gradient of the middle course.
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The river was just gently bubbling along beside us.
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The path took us up the sides to the valley…
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The Surprise
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What we didn’t expect between the middle reaches of the river and the lower course was the most amazing natural playground…
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And this is why you need to add margin time to your hikes… because we stopped here to play for about two hours – as one does!!!
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Uppppppp……
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And downnnnnn……
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Up up up….
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And down….
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Up again….
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And down…
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We discovered a river of sand…
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It really doesn’t get better than this…
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Fun times…
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But it was time to move along…
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The Slow Flowing Lower Course:
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At this stage the river was really ambling to and fro across the floodplain.
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We stopped to take count of the tadpoles and say hello to this fellow…
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And surprised this one…
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The Wetlands
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At this stage the river opens up…
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And tumbles into to wetlands… so much to look at…
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And we were nearly done…
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The River Mouth
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Past the fields of flowers…
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Under the bridge…
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And out into the sea…
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The Gallery
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And that’s it… yes we do have a project for this school year and it involves lots and lots of hiking… we will let you know about it soonest.
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Totally awesome adventure.
Love that idea of source to sea!
what a fun project!
I also would have totally played for two hours up and down those dunes. Too much fun! 🙂
I love the relationship between Hoods 2 and 8 🙂
Love the dunes!!! Haven’t done that for YEARRRRRS.
Hay Corli… I know the “Source to the Sea” sounds like a pretty cool adventure to me too. I can’t believe we did it… it is a really long way!!! Sending love to you all across the ocean!!!
Oh Irene… those dunes were something else and a complete surprise!!! None of us were expecting them at all and they were so huge!!! Fun times!!!
I know Marcia, when in the world do you come across huge untouched sand dunes – too fun for words… And let’s face Hood #8 is a lucky guy with so many big brothers and sisters that adore him. Lots of love to you and yours – I see Friday on your horizon!!!
What a hike!Very fun and educational at the same time and that is SUPER HIKE! 🙂
Thank you Katja, It was indeed a SUPER HIKE, Hope you all have a great weekend!!!