Afternoon at the River

 We met up with some other homeschoolers and had an afternoon at a river close by. It was so nice and the first time we had been to this place. We plan to go back later on. We saw lots of caddis flies (their cocoons are super cool- they grab rocks or leaves or whatever they can find and put around them to blend in and make a cocoon with them. We had them back in China but the ones today used bits of leaves, pine needles, and rocks to make their cocoons. Super cool!). We also saw some California newts, small fish, and a dragonfly that just came out of its cocoon.