This week Tiny Treks went to OO Denny Park in Kirkland to look for bears. OO Denny is right on the shores of Lake Washington and features friendly ducks and other birds but we didn't think we'd find bears there. We talked about how to be safe when hiking in bear country. We pretended to be bears and stretched tall for grislys and got small for bear cubs.
Right across the street is a magical hike up a shady creek trail. There we found fields of ferns, wild bleeding heart flowers, animal tracks and slugs of many shades and sizes. We hugged Silvia, the oldest tree in King County and tried to measure around the base of the trunk.The tree was 600 years old when the top was sheared off in a storm. We had already experienced so much, but we hadn't made it to the "Bear Cave" yet!
When we found the cave, we climbed up the sandy slope to sit inside out of the drizzle coming down. I had brought strawberries for all as a snack while I read The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear. We never found a bear but the bear hunt was lots of fun!
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