Noah’s Landing Field Trip

We went on a field trip to a farm/zoo on Friday.  I loved the place (the kids enjoyed it too:)  We got to interact with the animals on an intimate level and also learned interesting facts about each animal. 

 

The kids enjoyed feeding carrots to the donkeys, llama and Zebra.

I think this donkey is where they got the concept for Donkey on Shrek.  He was so funny to me!

This was Cockatoo that could sing Old McDonald. 

I can’t remember the name of this little guy but he was adorable. 

Kessler and ? checking each other out.

Cross eyed Opossum. 

Smaller breed of opossum

Hedge Hog

Ari’s favorite animal:  Alligator

This little guy was amazing.  His tail looks like his head and he walks backwards with his tail up to confuse predators.  If they grab his tail then it disconnects and he can grow a new one within one month. 

Cute baby monkey

Blue Tongued Skink

Bearded Dragon

Majorly overweight skunk

I can’t remember his name either.  He was cute and cuddly.

Ball Python

Ryan and the Wilbur:  the pig.  Ryan kissed the pig but I missed the picture.

We had a great time at Noah’s Landing.  We are hoping to volunteer there in the near future!  They have a Jr. Zookeepers program.

Occaneechee Tribal Heritage Day

We went on a field trip to learn more about a local Native American Tribe.  It was a beautiful day and a wonderful experience to learn hands on about this tribe.  

Above:  We got to see a traditional women’s tribal dance. 

Below:  We also got to participate in a tribal dance.

 

She is one of the elders of the tribe.  She really enjoys sharing about her family history!  We enjoyed listening to her!

This cabin behind him is one that he grew up in.  He shared about living in the 20 century.

This lady shared about cooking and foods from long ago. 

Showing how they ground corn for corn mill.

She showed us food which was stored in turtle shells (They ate lots of turtle!)

This is Dream Catcher sharing about her dream catcher as well as some of the folktales behind the dream catcher.

We got to touch the different animal skins…rabbit, wolf, coyote, deer,and buffalo among a few. 

This was a demonstration of the fishing and hunting weaponry.  He shot a bow and arrow and used a sling shot.  

These were different tools used.  He demonstrated making a blow dart out of thistle as well as how to throw using a sling shot similar to David and Goliath.  He also demonstrated how sharp a shark’s tooth is…he used the side to shave the hair off his arm. 

These are some of his Indian Arrow Heads. 

The kids loved retrieving this large arrow that the man threw using one of his tools.

 

We learned some about how they harvested crops especially their main crop…tobacco.

Afterwards, we had a picnic and then the kids enjoyed playing together in the woods.  We Moms enjoyed chatting.