October 13, 2025- Rainy beginning of our day at Schwann Lagoon. While many outdoor activities get canceled due to rain, we know that rain gives us some of the best opportunities to see nature in action, and to utilize our resources to make shelter, as humans have always known how to do. Not only is exposure to rain invigorating, but it really reminds us to have gratitude for when we do get to our warm homes. No better way to do this than getting out in the rain!
There were many moths flying around an oak tree at the beginning of the trail, and one landed on a student. A fun little doo-dad when out in nature is whoever finds a creature gets to name it, and so Pumpkin the moth joined our group. It was raining, so some students devised a plan to build Pumpkin a shelter to protect it.
An super simple challenge using only sticks involves finding two straight-ish sticks, and trying to pick up a third stick with those sticks, or balancing a stick between your two sticks and trading back and forth. After a while of this, the rain started torrentially coming down, so we met our sister-group (affiliated with Wildflower Learning Circle, based in Santa Cruz) at the Capitola Children's Discovery Museum. This is always a super fun place to go when the weather gets too intense.
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