complete a series of activities and get a little badge. This was our
first time to do the program with Mary Grace. We got our activity
book, and quickly discovered that this was no kiddie busy work thing.
She had to attend a ranger talk and get the ranger to sign her paper,
do a hike, answer a whole bunch of questions that required visits to
different visitor centers, mark a map with places she had visited,
keep a camping journal, and do four pretty complicated activity pages.
That's more work than I had to do on this trip! If you know Mary
Grace, though, you can imagine how seriously she took this. She
carefully completed each activity and brought her workbook, clipboard
and pencil everywhere. It was awesome. She even had a long talk with
one ranger about how one becomes a real ranger. We have the sweetest
video of her getting her junior ranger badge and taking the junior
ranger oath. When she finished, I told her she could pick something
from the gift shop. I should have guessed, but rather than a t-shirt
or stuffed animal, she asked me to buy her the National Geographic
Yellowstone Profile book. So she's in the backseat pouring over maps
and photos. Our little Adventure Girl.
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