Fun in the water and on the beach!
Browsing Tag: Lara
Activities
Microplastic and plastic pollution and shoreline cleanup
Another educational and fun CAGIS event for Lara and me today at Humber Bay Park. Neil took the boys for a bike ride, while Lara and I learned about microplastic and plastic pollution – the demo included yellow sprinkles for pesticides and chocolate sprinkles for droppings that Lara got to sprinkle to demonstrate how far […]
Activities
Ride for Heart 2017
Woke the kids at 5:30AM – had to hold Felix up in standing position to wake him up. This is 9 mins later. Cold, windy, and pouring rain. At least this time we were better dressed for warmth although shoes and socks were completely soaked after about 20 mins riding. Felix indicated to Neil that […]
Domestic Travel
Niagara Falls, Butterfly Conservatory
Parked at the Floral Clock and bought WeGo bus day passes from the gift shop there. Took the bus to Table Rock for the Journey Behind the Falls (elevators down to tunnels under the falls, with some viewports out from behind the falls). Next a ride up the incline railway, a little walk around in […]
Domestic Travel
Cycling Niagara-on-the-Lake to Niagara Falls round-trip
A 50km ride from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Niagara Falls and back! Overall we spent about 6 1/2 hours. May 20, 2017 10:44 am to 5:25pm Name: NOTL to Niagara Falls return Date: May 20, 2017 10:44 am Map: View on Map View on Map (alternate) Distance: 49.5 kilometers Elapsed Time: 4:10:29 Avg Speed: 11.9 km/h Max Speed: 32.4 […]
Hikes
Mother’s Day Hike – Limehouse Conservation Area
Parked at main entrance (baseball diamond, has port-a-potty), hike West to Hole-in-the-Wall, where the kids did a ton of exploring through caves and crevices. Continued to the lime kiln and powder magazine, then finished the loop via the Black Creek side trail. Sunny and cloudy, tiny bit of rain, 15 degrees or so. Blackflies were […]
Activities
CAGIS – Science GENEius
Today’s CAGIS event was done by GENEius was more fun with DNA. The girls got to extract their own DNA and DNA from strawberries; and they got to practice their pipetting technique by making some art. We hooked up with Raquel and Arielle for this session – loads of fun as both Raquel and I were […]
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Sunday activities
Treasure in the backyard Helping out with yard workHelicopter rescuers And THAT’s what they were making!