Botanic Gardens

We were looking for something interesting to do outside this afternoon and found the Botanic Gardens at UCR. I HIGHLY recommed it! It is free to the public and has some really good trails. John was amazing and took Josh & stroller off-roading on the more rugged trails and we all had a great time. It was beautiful. Probably even more amazing in the spring, but well worth getting outside for a while.

This is just inside the park.

Evan with his Botanic Bingo - these free sheet were really cute, but didn't last long.

The boys inside of a wooden "green house".

I loved the flowers. I took a bunch of pictures. Part of our outing was supposed to be a scavenger hunt of sorts for a picture of the most interesting thing or just the best picture. The boys were so interested in everything else, they didn't want to take pictures.

There were turtles!!! It was so neat to see them. There were probably about 15 or so. It was so fun. The boys were enthralled.

Chocolate covered Josh

We came to one point with some large rocks and an opening to a beautiful view. This picture doesn't do it justice.

Nick & his "hunting" pose. He was keeping me safe from bobcats, lizards, etc. ... didn't see any bobcats, but there was one on the brochure, so Nick was ready!

Nick and I on these beautiful, rustic, weathered benches.