We are so lucky that we bought a house near a nature preserve.  We didn’t know it at the time, but a neighbor informed us about it.  I wasn’t expecting much, but when we finally went to find the path to the lake we were pleasantly surprised to find a much larger nature area than we thought.

A few nights ago we went for a walk around the little lake, which is probably a few miles total.  The unpaved side has the lake on one side and a marsh on the other.  When we started down the path, it was so funny to see all the frogs.  There were tons of them.  So much that we had to constantly watch our step to make sure we weren’t stepping on the little guys.  It was dusk, so they were out in full force serenading us…and their potential mates. 😉

After I picked up the first frog to show them, the kids were trying to catch their own frogs.  It was a fun walk and we got home way late.  It was pretty much full on dark by the time we made it home.