Girl Scouts Year End

Just like last year there was no overnight camping trip at the end of the year because of Corona. But at  least the girl could meet at the camp ground in Zwingenberg to spend a few hours  together.

 Like in the years before the flags had to be presented in a short parade

 

 

 
The US flag was a special present from Hadley: She had been in Washington DC the week earlier for a BBQ at the White House with here daughter. There they had received that was flown over the National Mall on inauguration day.

Two cadets were waiting on the side

Mia kept an eye on the flowers for the girl scout leaders

Six juniors bridged to the cadet group- the two current ones are in the background

The green vest was replaced with e khaki colored one

The new cadets

Flags are returned

After this it was time to fix a small lunch

Very healthy

All turned out well

Desert

Nothing for the parents - but we had spend a few nice hours in the beer garden that is part of the camp ground

 

The big helper

Exactly ten years ago we made small video of Mia cleaning the apartment as our "little helper".
So we though we should check if she can still operate a vsmall acuum cleaner:

 She can

 

Wolfsschlucht Zwingenberg

We have been to Zwingenberg a few times in the last two years but always around the campground where the Girl Scouts usually camp one night in the summer - when there is no Corona crisis.
This time we tried something news and explored the area around the castle - which unfortunately is a private property and not open to the pubic  - where the Wolf's Canyon (Wolfsschluch) starts.

 

 

We parked by the river and then crossed the train tracks on a foot bridge where Mia took a panorama shot

Neckar

 A nice view from the castle

The canyon was pretty steep

For Ji it was a bit too steep so we had to turn around and look for a different route

The other route

The wider trails were more to Ji's taste

At the end of the other route we got back to the canyon

A Nature walk in Brühl

After we had explored the nature preserve along the river Rhine in Brühl a few months back without Mia we took here there on a nice spring day.
We parked our car at the outskirts of Brühl where a friend of Ji lives - that's how we know the area - and then started the 1 km walk towards the Rhine passing some lakes that were created when the riverbed was straightened 200 years ago and the old riverbed was closed in parts against the new one.

Mia had bought her scooter to avoid strenuous hikning

When we reached the river we took a break and watched some of the passing barges

 Mia watched some swans

Some birds at a bird feeder

Along the Leimenbach - a small creek

Feeding a swan

A stork looking for dinner

Watering some fields

The walk back alog the Leimenbach was a major detour but very nice and worth the extra time

Walking Mia in Handschuhsheim

Mia and her friend got invited to walk Mia at the garden her owners have in the fields north of Handschusheim.
Here some of the pictures the girls took during their extra long walk