Morton Arboretum

After visiting the Children's Museum, we headed back to cousin Bonnie's house, grabbed a snack and headed to the Morton Arboretum. We didn't get to do a whole lot there because we arrived in the midst of a downpour. I was hoping to show David the Children's Garden and go on the guided tour, but we were about the only ones in the park! We did drive around to see the grounds, and after the rain let up, we got out and toured some of the animal habitats they had on display. Each year the Arboretum does a different "special attraction". When we were there last year, there were a bunch of different insects and animals sculpted from tree branches - at least that's what I think it was, all I know is that they were very large and looked as if they were made from that sort of material. Anyway, this year they had 11 animal habitats scattered in different areas of the park, all related to what animals live in those areas.

In the Prairie they had a coyote den, an ant colony, and a spider web

In the Wetlands they had a Great Blue Heron Rookery, a beaver lodge, a pollywog pond, and a skunk denAnd in the Woodlands they had a squirrel drey, a raccoon den, and a fallen log (unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of these because it was still pretty wet when we got out to see them).

We also saw a beautiful bird feeding in the wetlands area and many beautiful flowers and trees. For those of us that live in the desert, we find anything that isn't brown to be quite breathtaking...