My daughters' 4-H group attended an orienteering class at Pineland Farms today. And you won't hear me complaining about the weather -- Mother nature cooperated nicely with comfortable temps and no humidity. Even the bugs weren't too bad on the trail. A shocking, but welcome surprise.

Orienteering combines map-reading skills with the reward of finding control stations. It never fails to keep my children engaged during their hike on the orienteering course.

The orienteering class covered map-reading skills before hitting the actual course. Kids mapped the "Land of Phil" to learn about following nature's landmarks and orientating the map to their current position.

As much fun as orienteering is, it's the honey bees at the Visitor's Center that always steal the show.

G. took this picture, along with several others, of the bees in full honey-making mode.

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