We went hiking on Douglas Mountain with a friend yesterday and had ourselves quite an adventure on another gorgeous spring day.

The Eagle Scouts have developed a section of trail at the new trailhead off Douglas Hill Road. We usually take the Woods Trail to the top of the mountain but decided to check out the new trail instead. That was a bit of a mistake at this time of year.

We were hiking through a particularly muddy area (actually that trail was mostly mud) and L. lost her shoe without realizing it and took a couple of steps in her socks. Let's just say that it was quite a messy affair.

I found a little stream and cleaned off her shoes and washed out the socks. The shoes were fairly new and a bit stiff and she really wanted another pair of socks. I didn't have any in my backpack (I have lots of other random things but socks weren't one of them) so I jokingly suggested she wear the knit gloves I had. She thought that was a great idea and put them on. She's special, that kid.

I tied her wet socks to the back of her sister's pack in hopes of them drying. The socks never did fully dry during the hike but the kids were amused by it all.

At some point I realized that the Eagle Scout's trail was leading us all the way around the mountain instead of to the stone tower at the top. I may have missed a trail marker leading off to the other trails but my guess is that maybe they haven't posted all the markers yet.

So since we had some bushwhacking experience under our belts this spring - and the ticks aren't out in full-force yet - I turned on the GPS and we made our way up the side of the mountain.

The woods weren't thick but the incline was steep so I bribed the kids with jelly beans. It was hard work and it seemed to me that they needed some incentive to keep going. Even Flat Rover got a treat during one of our many water/candy breaks.

We were all breathing hard and had bright red faces by the time we reached the stone tower about a half hour later.

What cracked me up was that after our picnic lunch the kids suggested playing Tag.

"Are you serious," I asked. "After all that hiking (almost 2 miles, with 1/2 mile being a very steep elevation gain) you want to play Tag?"

"Yeah mom. Tag is fun and we're not tired anymore," said L.

And here I was feeling badly because it was tougher hike through the woods than I had planned. And I plied them with all those jelly beans and words of encouragement just to get them to the top of the mountain. And then they wanted to play Tag? Go figure.

We chose to take the short way down the mountain on the Woods Trail. It's only 1/4 mile to the old trail head and a short walk down the road to where we parked our car. Except for the couple of patches of ice we found, it was much easier than our hike up.

We've been spoiled this week by all the warm, sunny weather. It's going to be rough when the rain and cooler temperatures return.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning then showers likely with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Sunday Through Monday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Lows in the mid 30s.

Yesterday we went for a hike with Bunny (and Goddard the Travel Bug, who we dropped off in a nearby geocache after our picnic) because it was another awesome day.

Do you know which mountain top Bunny is on?

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For those that didn't know what Bunny was doing in my last blog entry, he was playing a round of disc golf with us.

It was such a beautiful day on Tuesday that we had to do something outdoors. After some discussion the kids and I decided we were in the mood for a round of disc golf at Bennett's course in Gorham. And just for the record, walking the course was a lot easier than cross country skiing on it while playing the game.

We just got our very own discs and the kids thought they were more accurate than the ones we have rented previously. Of course, they get better with every round of the game we play too so I don't think it was just the discs.

The disc golf "holes" through the woods were a lot tricker but we managed to make those holes in 3-4 par, which was really good for us. Of course we didn't realize how muddy it would be in the woods. I guess I spoke too soon about Maine's mud season not being too bad this year.

The kids and I didn't quite make par on all the holes but we showed a great improvement over previous games. The kids did a little celebration dance on the last of the 9-holes we played (although the course is 18-holes, we only had time for 9).

It was a beautiful day and we had to get out and enjoy it. Bunny and his robot friend, Goddard the geocaching Travel Bug, came along too. They are "best robot friends" according to L.

Can you guess what we were doing today? Here's a hint, we weren't geocaching (Goddard was just along for the ride on this one) but I've written about this activity in my monthly column more than once.

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The kids were happy to have Bunny pose with this statue. They stop to admire it every time we go to this particular place.

You need to name the building where this statue is located.

Do you know where Bunny is?

I'll offer a hint tomorrow if no guesses are posted today.

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Yesterday we were driving past Sebago Lake in Standish on our way to a maple sugar house and the kids and I saw an ice boat with its sails full and speeding along on the ice.

We had seen that sailboat on Sebago a few weeks ago but it wasn't moving. I wanted to stop to watch it yesterday but the kids didn't. They were anxious to get to the sugar house for some ice cream and syrup.

"It will probably be the last time we can see the sailboat on the ice this year. Are you sure you don't want to stop? The ice is pretty thin now and will be gone soon," I said.

The kids were single-minded in their desire for some sweets and well, I wanted some maple syrup too so we didn't end up stopping.

Little did I know that the boat, very shortly after we drove by, would crash through the ice.

Oooh, we love sugaring season and spent the afternoon at a couple of maple sugar farms today.

The kids are hosting some international Flat Stanleys right now so we took the travelers along to learn about sugaring season since only a small portion of the world actually produces the stuff.

The circled area on this globe at Snell's Family Farm indicates the only area in the world that can produce maple syrup.

The kids love the maple cotton candy at Merrifield Farm in Gorham.

The open fire boiling at Merrifield Farm was actually pretty interesting. We had never seen a demonstration like this before.

At Snell's Family Farm in Bar Mills (yes, we did some driving today), the kids tasted the sap before it was boiled (clear liquid on right) and agreed with their assesment last year that it's "not that good (sweet)." Well, 2% sugar content from the tree's sap (how it comes out of the tree) versus the incredibly sweet syrup that is produced after boiling isn't a fair comparison anyway.

And if you were wondering, both kids drank at least a full cup of syrup today.

I bought Light Amber syrup at Merrifield Farms since that was what was available in the size jug I wanted. Then I bought a bottle of Dark Amber from Snell's. We did a little comparison at home and although you can see the slight difference, they both tasted the same. Yummy.

When we got home, L. decided to show our Flat Stanley friends all the treats we like to eat during this season.

My favorite is the maple cream, especially on crackers and toast. G. loves the maple fudge and cotton candy. L. likes the syrup on vanilla ice cream and drinking it directly from a cup. Fino likes the syrup on pancakes but he hasn't got the same kind of sweet tooth as the rest of us. He doesn't get nearly as excited about sugaring season as the females in our household.

I also must make a note here that although I lamented more than once about the lack of snow this winter, it was really nice that the mud was minimal today at the farms. There wasn't any snow to create the mudfest L. enjoyed last year.

That really broke me up.

After finding that not-so-fun geocache last weekend, we chose not to give up. We had set out to find at least three geocaches that day so after a snack break we decided to try again.

We looked through the print-outs of caches I had in the car and chose one we thought looked fairly easy to find. That decision was based on the level of detail about the trail and the "hints." It turned out that the Percheron cache was a great choice for us.

The trail was in fact easy and we found the cache without a problem. And this find had a great suprise -- goofy glasses. They were a big hit with the kids -- and the adults.

The disposable camera was full but that didn't stop us from taking our own photos...

While hiking on the short trail, L. decided to make some hand shadows. She told me what the shadows were but I forgot what she said the last one was.

Any guesses?

A turkey

A bunny

???

It's a Bunny bonanza today with another chance for you to win one of those spectacular, wonderful, "very cool" MaineToday.com glitter pens.

Do you know where Bunny is?

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Bunny really gets around and he - and the rest of the family - really enjoyed this stop to "see the world." Do you know where Bunny is?

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Yesterday we were back in Augusta at the State House. G. was serving as a page in the House with some other 4-Hers. L. wasn't old enough so she and I decided to do some geocaching in the area while G. was busy.

As we were wondering around inside the State House with more time to spare, we found this really interesting brochure produced by the Secretary of the Senate about fossils. Apparently there are marine invertebrate fossils in the dark stones of the building and the brochure had a map and description of each fossil type.

L. and I couldn't resist looking and we found all of them. L. went a little camera-happy taking photos of the fossils.

Maclurite
We found a bunch of these all over the place.

Prasopora
Yeah, L. took this picture between some man's shoes as he was standing there. I wished she wouldn't have done that (I didn't realize what she was going to do until it was too late) but the guy didn't seem to notice her. Typical L.

Stromatocerium
L. had to show Flat Annie from Scotland the fossils too.

Crinoid Stalk
"Goddard" the Travel Bug we picked up in Brunswick also checked things out.

A friend of ours had a sister serving in Iraq. We asked if she might be willing to host our family's Flat Stanley and she agreed. She's a former 4-Her and was happy to help out some young 4-Hers.

We sent the soldier our Flat Stanley and a disposable camera several months ago. The soldier came back to the states recently and gave the camera to our friend. The camera just landed in our hands the other day and we had the photos developed yesterday.

WOW.

The kids loved the tire swing and thought it was "cool" that "big people" played on swings there.

Flat Stanley visited during Christmas.

The kids certainly have some perspective on our soldier's lives in Iraq now. And I hope that our goofy Flat Stanley was an enjoyable distraction in an otherwise serious and scary situation.

After some searching on geocaching.com yesterday, I found there were a bunch of geocaches in Brunswick. We had been talking about seeing how many geocaches we could find in an afternoon so I downloaded a bunch of coordinates in that area to find out.

The first geocache we chose to find turned out to be -- well not being able to offer more colorful language I'll say -- not fun.

The directions to park for this geocache said, "woodsy trail near parking lot" which we assumed was on Pleasant Hill Road based on our GPS map. We found a turn-off on the road that indicated the cache was 1/2 mile from that location. We thought we were in the correct place because we saw a trail leading into the woods.

The GPS pointed us to a trail that quickly turned into a bush-wack. That's not so unusual for geocaching but this bushwhacking went on and on and on.

Not a good time.

But we stuck with it because we were only a few tenths of a mile from the cache.

We climbed up hills. We slid down hills.

We ducked under trees. We jumped over trees.

We jumped over the winding stream; leaped over wider parts of the stream. And when we were lucky, walked over fallen logs across other parts.

Of course we could have given up the search. But by the time we realized that trying to find this cache was a mistake, we were already in the thick of the woods and closer to the cache based on our GPS reading than we were to the car.

We finally picked up a small trail again and ended up finding the geocache.

We took a snack break and by a unanimous vote, decided we were NOT going back the way we came.

We followed a small trail with sink holes and erosion (which we still thought better than the way we had come but hardly ideal) from the geocache to an open field and hiked along the edge of the woods for quite a while. We eventually picked up another trail that lead us back to the car.

We have never run across a geocache like this before. I'm careful to choose caches listed with 1, 2 or 3 stars (1 easiest - 5 hardest) for both terrain and difficulty. This cache rating was rated 3 stars for difficulty and 2 stars for terrain.

I think that was misleading.

But, if I had read all the "reviews" for the cache I would have realized that the name of the cache contained a clue as to where to park ("Dragons" was part of the cache's name which apparently is Brunswick High School's mascot, something a non-local wouldn't necessarily know). Other geocachers who knew this parked behind the school and took a trail that lead directly to the cache.

My mistake.

G. summed it up best, "That was the worst hike EVER!"

After a short respite, we did continue on to find two other caches that afternoon. They were both really fun, clever finds but more on those later...

Well, I think that was the fastest guess on the Where's Bunny contest yet. DWB guess correctly. Bunny is on a moose crossing sign.

And just so everyone realizes, after someone posts the correct answer on a contest blog entry, I confirm the answer with a post of my own (on that same entry in the comments portion of the page). So if you didn't know the answers to some of the Where's Bunny photos, just check back on those previous entries and you'll find out.

Thanks to everyone for playing. At the end of the month all the winners will be placed in a drawing to win a "wicked cool" (my own quote because they really are nice) MaineToday.com beach towel!

I'll be posting another Where's Bunny photo soon so check back later.

The kids chose another road sign Bunny photo since the snowmobiling one received several posts. They are really enjoying this game.

So... can you name the road sign Bunny is on?

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The kids and I took a field trip yesterday to Augusta to participate in the
Liberty Kids Day program in Maine.

March 16th, 2006 is the 255th anniversary of the birth of James Madison, the 'Father of the Constitution,' and the official Liberty Day as recognized by the Congress of the United States. Kids will be going into their respective state capitols all over this country to give out free copies of the US Constitution and to quiz legislators, lobbyists, employees, visitors and guests with their factual questions from the text of the Constitution.

"Quizzing" people at the State House yesterday really taught them more about the historic document better than I ever could have imagined.

And I have to say, the lawmakers and visitors at the State House (lobbyists, lawyers, realtors there for a meeting and lots of other people) were really great. They stopped to answer the kids' questions and all seemed pleased to wear the "I got quizzed" stickers the kids gave out to thank them.

Here's a couple of questions the kids asked.

• What's the 19th Amendment?
  
• Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy?
  
• What are the five rights in the First Amendment?
  

Out of all the questions the kids asked the one that very few knew the answer to was the five rights in the First Amendment. And after several adults didn't get it right (although the lawmakers knew, visitors could only name a couple), the kids took pleasure in telling them the answer because they did know. It's one Amendment I don't think they'll forget because of this experience.

Of course, Bunny and Flat Stanley came with us.

A view of the dome from the inside.

We went in the Law and Legislative Reference Library just to look around and L. found a copy of the state's Constitution from 1821.

"Take a picture with Bunny. Look at the old pages. It's like a million years old." she whispered.

Well, we weren't at the State House to learn math...

Then a helpful tour guide told us about the State House Dioramas in the basement so we went to check them out.

"Look, the moose is sniffing Bunny!"

After spending the morning at the State House, we had lunch and went to the State Museum. The kids loved exploring the museum but the highlight of the visit was the 1920s car display. It was classic "potty humor" and L. couldn't resist.

"Mommy, you have GOT to see this. It is so funny!"

Quiz Answers:

1st Amendment - freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition

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Do you know where Bunny is in this photo?

You have to name the town/city AND the street (or nearby business) it is on. And yes, it is certified as a real piece of the historic wall.

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Here's another round of the Where's Bunny? game.

Be sure to post the name of the PLACE and the town/city.

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What road sign was Bunny on?

He was "taking a ride" on a snowmobile crossing sign.

If you haven't won yet, check back later. I still have lots of glitter pens to give away.

The kids took this photo of Bunny on a road sign (don't worry, we chose a quiet road with a sign set far off the shoulder). I've cropped the photo so you can see Bunny but not the entire road sign.

Do you know what kind of road sign this is?

I'll add a clue in the comments tomorrow if no one posts a guess today.

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Exchanging Flat Stanley with other families wasn't the only inspiration for the Where's Bunny? contest. Our geocaching Travel Bugs also played a part in giving us photo ideas as well.

The kids and I have loved the photos people have taken of our Travel Bugs, particularly the ones in New Zealand. The photo of Hiking Doggie with the blue wedding cake was priceless. Not that I have a lot of experience with weddings (my own being in Vegas with Elvis), but my take on the big day for people who go through all that hoopla is not about some stranger's geocaching Travel Bug...

We have some other favorite pictures as well.

"Hey mom, Hiking Doggie is getting to meet other dogs in New Zealand! That's cool!" (you can just see him in the bottom lip of the dog)

Annika The Hiker doesn't have nearly as many photos as Hiking Doggie, but the beach shot in her gallery cracks me up.

Then there are our domestic Travel Bugs like Lilo the Swimmer. She posed for a photo a tidal pool "with a starfish hat." At the moment, she is hanging out in northern Maine on the Canadian border.

And we can't forget Ronny, who "loves to eat cheeseburgers and french fries" (a kindred spirit with the girls). He's in Vermont right now.

Not that I have to prove the point that my family is a little over-the-top (most know we are), but that there are lots of other people just like us. I mean, it's pretty funny - total strangers all over the world taking our various toys and flat, laminated characters and posing them for photos.

It's great.

Bunny and "Sister Bunny"

Earlier this week we were driving by a lake (Maine's second largest - hint, hint) and saw some ice fishing shacks. The kids wanted a closer look so we stopped. It turned out the ice glider/sailboat was what really ended up capturing their attention.

We didn't see it in action but have in the past and both girls want to try it out. Maybe next year, the ice was "groaning" and I wasn't feeling too confident venturing beyond the shore. And with warmer temps on the way, the ice will be gone really soon anyway. There's always next year - something I keep saying because this Maine winter has been so strange...

So tell me, Where is Bunny?

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I was reading this morning's story about a new GIS exhibition at USM'S Osher Map Library. GIS is an acronym for Geographic Information System. To really over-simply things, GIS takes local information in combination with GPS coordinates and/or map to give people a sort of enhanced map view of a particular area.

My kids' 4-H club did a GPS/GIS project last year for a national 4-H website Youth Favorite Places. (It was actually one of the initial reasons I started this blog.)

The kids made a list of their favorite places then took a GPS unit to each location, marked the coordinates and took a photo. Then the kids submitted that information along with a street address and why they chose the particular place as a favorite to the website.

It was a fun project and quite educational. I had heard about USM's Osher Map Library last year and have been meaning to get there to learn more about cartography.

Since we started geocaching, the kids have really enjoyed learning about maps. Nothing like some techy geeks to get this generation of kids interested in something that was quite a dry subject for me in middle school social studies class.

I'm an after-holiday bargain shopper. I keep a particular eye out for socks because the kids love the various holiday designs and I can usually pick them up for less than a dollar on sale. And it doesn't matter the holiday - Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter - the kids like them all.

I share this tidbit only to explain the reason G. has so many kinds of socks. She really likes them and in the past few months, she's developed her own special style in wearing them.

Now I may have perpetuated G.'s new fashion statement because I don't match socks from the laundry. Clean socks go in a basket for the kids to rummage through to match themselves. I think G. got tired of looking for a matched pair one day and it went from there.

She may have also gotten the notion from her genetic makeup. I went through quite a few years in junior high (and maybe even high school), wearing different socks, which my mother reminded me about recently after seeing G.'s feet.

There have been a couple of disadvantages with these socks though. Like the time she had an imprint of a Christmas tree on her leg from her downhill ski boots.

But that hasn't stopped her from wearing them with other sport equipment, like this past week when we went ice skating.

"My skates fit better with thin socks Mom. Plus, they do really match today. They both have snowmen."

Do you know where Bunny is? If you do, post a comment below (with your email address) and win a cool prize!

This one might be a little tricky so if no one posts a guess today, I'll add a clue to the comments on this page tomorrow.

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It didn't take a minute for a fight to break out at last night's Pirates hockey game. It took exactly one second.

Not being very familiar with the nuances of hockey, I didn't understand how players could get into a fight in the very first second of play. What was equally strange was that the refs let the fight go on for so long without trying to break it up. It seemed suspiciously more like a Smackdown act than the start of a real hockey game as the two players circled each other with their dukes up.

My kids however were upset about the fight and started yelling at the players.

"Stop fighting! That's naughty Mommy isn't it? Hey you, be nice, don't fight!"

Yeah, they are still hockey game fan trainees.

Grandpa came to the game with us and bought the kids some pucks to play the Chuck-A-Puck game.

The pucks were soft like nerf balls so I didn't have to worry too much if my kids' throws landed in the stands rather than on the ice.

Each puck we had (6 altogether) came with a corresponding number slip.

Between the second and third periods of the game we went to the lower stands' balcony (yes, we buy the cheap seats) to throw our pucks. And as sheer luck would have it, L. actually managed to throw her puck onto the Chuck-A-Puck mat and won a hat (what was even stranger was that out of all the pucks, I took the above picture of the one she actually won with). She collected her gift certificate and has plans to go to the store with her dad this weekend to collect her prize.

Another highlight of the game for the kids was the cotton candy. Not a usual concession item purchased by me or my husband, Grandpa decided to treat them to the confection. And true to form, the kids had a little fun with the blue stuff.

"Look mom, a blue beard!"

Thanks Grandpa.

The other night I went out to collect our chicken and duck eggs. Usually the kids do this chore but we had a busy day and didn't get home until after dark.

I went into the coop with my flashlight and poked around to find the eggs (the hens like to hide them in different places so we're never quite sure where they are). While I was doing that, one of the ducks got spooked and managed to run past me and out into the woods.

If you don't know anything about ducks, let me just tell you that they are really hard to catch in a fenced area with two people, let alone in an open space by yourself. They're quick and have a good sense of strategy.

So there I was on a freezing cold night (single digits), trying to coax this errant duck back into the coop.

I first thought that if I walked away from the coop, she'd go inside.

Nope. The duck stayed right where she was, quacking loudly, as I watched from a distance.

Then I tried to walk around the coop in hopes of forcing her to walk towards the coop door.

Nope. She just ran past the door and into the woods, still quacking.

So then I walked around in the woods to try to coax her into a different direction, all the while hoping that the duck - let alone me - wouldn't run into some wild animal.

That attempt got the duck on the edge of the door but then she suddenly jumped and ran off into the woods again.

At this point I told the duck she was "(expletive) out of luck" and I shut the coop door. The whole situation was ridiculous. But as I walked away, the kids started yelling from the kitchen door that I couldn't leave the "poor duck."

"Mommy, you have to help her!" yelled L.

"Well you come out here and help me," I said.

"It's too cold for me Mommy, I'm in my pjs."

"Me too mom!" said G.

"You can't let her get eaten (by the wild animals) Mom! That would be so sad!" said L.

I knew the duck couldn't survive the night outside the coop. And we had raised her from the time she was a duckling and well, I am a bleeding heart.

So I stayed outside for a few more rounds of Walk Around the Coop. Then FINALLY, the duck waddled back inside.

When Fino got home and I told him what had happened he said, "Man, I think it might be time for Peking duck."

Mothers and fathers, they each have their own approach to things.

Here's another chance to win a cool glitter pen...

Where is Bunny?

If you need some help, check out this month's Outdoors with Children column.

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