Posted by ppeery on March 22nd, 2010
Too often in today’s world our open spaces are either overly programmed or overly protected. Open space ripe for enjoyment are typically reserved or programmed for one thing and one thing only (baseball fields, golf courses, etc.). If they aren’t a single use space, they might be so protected that you can’t do anything on or with them (Stay off the Grass, No Dogs Allowed). It’s rare to fine a place large enough, diverse enough and cool enough where a “kid can be a kid” and do almost everything they want to do if they have a vivid imagination and sense of adventure.
This Sunday, my two son’s, during their frequent visits to Bundoran Farm with me, got a chance to explore and be boys in the truest sense with 2,300 acres of open landscape as their arena and a beautiful blue sky on a early spring day as their backdrop. First on the agenda was the launching of my youngest son’s model rocket. After a few launching glitches (come on, even NASA has some), his rocket went straight and high in the air. (See attached footage of this memorable event) The parachute deployed perfectly and the rocket started its graceful decent to the ground. Unfortunately, the breezes were a bit stronger than anticipated and the rocket landed high up in a tree along the edge of the pastures. If you find a rocket on the ground named “Crossfire” please drop it by our offices at the Baldwin Center. You will make an 11 year old boy very happy.
Click here to see the video of the missle launch.
With our space program on the shelf until we built another rocket, we turned our attention to another one our favorite pastimes with the sky — Cloud Shapes. We lay down on our backs, look into the sky and take turns describing the various shapes and figures we see in the clouds. Today we saw a many things including rabbit, a profile of a man’s face and a Jai Alai player.
After a good round on Cloud Shaping, we took a stroll over to observe the cows and all of the new calves. Not wanting to startle them, we watched from the fence lines as the cows seemed to enjoy this beautiful Spring day as much as we did.
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