Journaling the turtles at Independence Lake

I wrote about our Independence Lake excursion in the blog journal yesterday. It was a great trip and we had a great time. My only disappoint was that, after get a-hold of nature journals and remembering to pack both them and colored pencils, it was too wet to get them out. When we got home, though, Calvin was quick to jump at the opportunity. So these are not nature illustrations the way that I had them in mind, with the two of us sitting and sketching what we see (and oh, how often will it occur that I imagine an event one way but have to be content with another outcome), but they are his images of our hike today. The first is his sketch of us eating lunch on top of a wooden lookout. The second is his sketch of the trail as seen from above. Then the jounral entry is about the organized turtle presentation part of our trip, which happened first, and I was surprised that he didn't add a picture, but if he does so in the future I will come back and add it.