For the first time in many weekends we didn't have any youth sports going on in the afternoon. The warm weather meant I had a better chance of finding a shed than putting together a successful field hunt for geese on the last day of the season. With my son and his buddy loaded up in the truck we headed out to walk around and see what we could get into. What started out as a shed hunt turned into just letting these two young men roam around and explore. I wasn't going to let my agenda get in the way of them having some unstructured fun... something that kids don't seem to get to do much of any more.
With a waterproof camera and GoPro in hand, my son and his buddy quickly got some ideas of their own...
"Hey! Let's go check out this waterfall!"
DSC_0004_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
"Let's send the GoPro over the fall and see what happens!"
"Yeah! That'll be sweet!"
DSC_0009_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
After about 15 minutes they both had water over the tops of their boots, so we were on our way... we were about a mile from the truck and they both had numb feet. Still, neither one of them wanted to make the decision to go home so we hiked on...
DSC_0014_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
After about a half mile they were getting feeling back in their feet and decided that they wanted to continue looking for sheds. It was totally their call at this point. Finding a dead coon and then a dead squirrel seemed to keep them intrigued for what else we could find. Then we stumbled upon a hollowed out tree trunk that they both wanted to climb into...
DSC_0017_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
As we continued wandering back toward the truck they just couldn't keep themselves out of the water...
DSC_0022_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
"Can we keep it? It's waaaay better than a luck rabbit foot!"
DSC_0023_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
"I can't wait to get some dry socks on. Mine are really squishy!" Gee, I wonder why....
DSC_0027_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
With a waterproof camera and GoPro in hand, my son and his buddy quickly got some ideas of their own...
"Hey! Let's go check out this waterfall!"
DSC_0004_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
"Let's send the GoPro over the fall and see what happens!"
"Yeah! That'll be sweet!"
DSC_0009_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
After about 15 minutes they both had water over the tops of their boots, so we were on our way... we were about a mile from the truck and they both had numb feet. Still, neither one of them wanted to make the decision to go home so we hiked on...
DSC_0014_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
After about a half mile they were getting feeling back in their feet and decided that they wanted to continue looking for sheds. It was totally their call at this point. Finding a dead coon and then a dead squirrel seemed to keep them intrigued for what else we could find. Then we stumbled upon a hollowed out tree trunk that they both wanted to climb into...
DSC_0017_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
As we continued wandering back toward the truck they just couldn't keep themselves out of the water...
DSC_0022_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
"Can we keep it? It's waaaay better than a luck rabbit foot!"
DSC_0023_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
"I can't wait to get some dry socks on. Mine are really squishy!" Gee, I wonder why....
DSC_0027_e by Sean Curran, on Flickr
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