@Sarah Geelan Brilliant listening to the nudges.

@Rodney Thompson Outdoor Skills I am looking forward to possibly introducing the kids to Redwoods when we go west. They have seen them in the Badlands. It's just so very different when they are a woods.

@Rodney Thompson Outdoor Skills Exactly! That's my style. I may have to talk to hubbie ahead of time and prep him for some buy in. 🤣😉 He can wax on prolific at times sharing what he knows or has experienced, not necessarily reading the room through his own excitement.

Yup. The upper lawn by the road, elementary school.

@Theresa Elliott Have you ever read The Gift of Fear? It is amazing, intense, not a read-in-one-sitting book. It has very clear terms that help situational awareness. Your ability to listen in was well-trained.

@Suzanne Bell well done going for it!!!!

@Theresa Elliott Oh yes to plenty of extra trash bags, nearly always a few of the hardy outdoors trash bags!

@Theresa Elliott Fun fact, stinging nettle is it's own antidote. The base to neutralize the formic acid sting is in the crushed leaves and stem. Rub it over the sting and it neutralizes it. Not for wood nettle though, for that you need jewelweed (my personal favorite and quick acting though may need repeated doses.