One of our wanderings this summer was to Northwest Iowa to meet Brad's family at lake Okoboji. On the way there, we listened to The Trumpet of the Swan by EB White. We really enjoyed it. The character of the father swan is so well written! Great voice. We laughed and laughed at him.
So, when we got to Okoboji, and I found out they had a trumpeter swan observation area I naturally wanted to go. Unfortunately, we were not able to get there. But we did go to Dickinson County Nature Center. They had a nesting pair of osprey. Now, that's not something I get to see every day. What a large bird that is! And the nest was very impressive.
We made some great family memories, got a real life look at an amazing bird, and fell in love with an EB White book we'd never read before.
I hope this year we can read Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. Just thinking about them make me smile.
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