One Month As Fulltimers!
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Laetiporus or "chicken of the woods"[/caption]We celebrated our first month as fulltimers by taking a long nature walk at Goodyear Heights Metropark Alder Pond trail. We saw a bunch of wildlife and cool bright orange mushrooms I think are Laetiporus also called sulphur shelf mushrooms or Chicken of the Woods because they apparently taste like chicken. I will try them one day when I become more knowledgeable on edible plants and fungi.
Life couldn't be better right now. We've made amazing friends who camp here on the weekends and the kids are just flourishing in nature. I was prepared to have some "adjustment pains" to life in a 24' RV but I haven't yet. That doesn't mean I won't - this could just be the "honeymoon" phase - but none yet.
Unschooling seems to just be fall-off-a-log easy in nature. Our walk today we discussed marshes, reeds, frogs, ducks vs. geese, trail etiquette, mushrooms, the lifecycle (how the dead, fallen trees rot and make nutrients for the new plants), and why people buy memorial benches. All in 2 hours. I certainly didn't have all the answers and we left deciding we wanted to find a tree/plant/bird/animal/fungi identifying app for our phones so we can learn more when we hike.
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Still (continually) jealous. Mind if I live vicariously through you? ;)
ReplyDeleteAlso, perhaps consider learning what knowledge new friends have. You might find someone that knows a lot about a particular topic that would hike with you. I have a new friend in our Unschooling Co-op that *knows* her trees!