Come Join Our Family Nature Club!

I’ve been remiss in reporting back on our family nature club adventures since our first in July. Truth is, although our outings have been very enjoyable, our group has been fairly inconsistent in size – and on some occasions ours and one other family were the only to come out.

Regardless of the size of our group, our adventures have all been fun. This summer, we:

• played around the lake at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, watching ducks, convincing a fisherman to show us his catch and even spotting a grasshopper!

• went on a bug hunt at Franklin Canyon Park.

• dipped our toes in the water at Mother’s Beach in Marina Del Rey.
• spied beautiful butterflies at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

• saw deer on a hike in Solstice Canyon.

• went bird watching and played in the sand at Malibu Lagoon.

Now that school has started, we’re meeting once a month instead of once a week. In September, we went tidepooling at Point Fermin State Marine Park.

Unfortunately, this month’s scheduled outing to the Kid’s Adventure Garden was a fail, thanks to the rain.

I’m excited about the events we have planned for November and December, though: An urban nature walk through the Venice Canals,

Photo by emmyboop

and a nighttime visit to the Griffith Park Holiday Lights Festival.

I’m working harder at getting the word about our family nature club, too – something that doesn’t come naturally to me. In addition to telling more of my own friends, I’ve also reached out to a couple of mom’s groups in the Los Angeles area in the hopes of improving turnout at upcoming events. If you’ve got any other ideas, I’m all ears!

In the future, I’ll be sharing much more about our family nature club events. In the meantime, I’m going to be catching you up on our summer adventures. (We were so busy exploring a ton of fun places that I didn’t have time to keep up!)

If you’d like to be added to the family nature club email list so you can receive information about upcoming events, let me know by leaving a comment (and your email address!). I’d love to see you outside!

Update: June 3, 2011: Due to a continued lack of turnout, I have decided to restructure our family nature club. Our adventures are now limited to a smaller group of families who are able to attend on a regular basis.