At Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center

On Saturday, B took his Boy Scouts to the special (annual) event at Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center in Jefferson County, just down the road a ways from our house. Kids and families could take part in all kinds of activities in the great outdoors for free. Here are a few things we did:

Petted a turkey----takes one to know one!

Rode in a swamp buggy.

Took hay rides.

Shot black powder.

Heard Beau Turner speak.

Heard Tom Miranda (of TV fame) speak.

Watched an amazing archery demonstration by Byron Ferguson.

Fished.

Admired some of the equipment.

This little run-about was solar-powered. The barn has solar collectors, too.

Here is the webpage for Beau Turner YCC. It is a really cool place.

http://btycc.org/default.aspx

At the bottom of the webpage is a link to Ecosense for Living: Children and Nature. It is a 27 minute film with interviews with Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods).  It is most likely preaching to the choir, but worth the time.