We taught Crystal how to play pickleball yesterday. We found a nice, shady court in Aurora. Unfortunately, the city had classes Saturday morning and kicked us off the court!
Fortunately, we found another court to play on. The city of Aurora has locks on their courts, but the teacher was nice enough to give us a key in compensation for kicking us out!
It is disconcerting that Crystal beat me when she barely knows how to play! I was happy I won a game of cutthroat, and Ed was happy he won all the rest!
In the afternoon we checked out the Plains Conservation Center in Aurora. We were one of the very few visitors to sign in on Saturday!
The had a nice yurt and an information center. I think they do a lot of educational programs there.
The visitors center had some displays of animals and grasses, as well as Indian and pioneer artifacts.
They also had some animal hides and a buffalo head. They have a resident herd of pronghorns on the prairie, but we missed seeing any of them.
We went for a walk in the prairie. Much of their trail system is closed to protect the nesting bald eagles, which did not make an appearance!
Even the prairie dogs didn't make an appearance, although they had quite a few holes around!
The only flower we saw was this lonely wallflower along the trail! That was good for Crystal and Ed, as I didn't spend much time taking flower pictures!
We were happy to see some wildlife before we left--this little bunny hiding out by the museum!
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