Pancake breakfast at The Urban Ecology Center? Count me in. We piled everyone up in the car and made the short trip to The UEC’s Washington Park location for a morning of maple syrup and nature walks. Pictured above is where the delicious maple syrup was made. We learned the easy steps to making maple syrup. Tap the trees surrounding the building, collect and boil for hours. Strain and serve.
After we had our fill of pancakes, we looked around at the wildlife exhibits indoors. Fish, snakes, turtles and salamanders kept the kids intrigued for a solid 20 minutes.
Did you know that members of the UEC can rent equipment like fishing poles, kayaks, canoes, skis, snowshoes and more? All for free!
After burning off some energy running and discovering lots of geese and squirrels, we headed to the band shell.
Many Milwaukee parks offer free concerts, and Washington Park is included (sorry I can’t find a better link to help you locate the schedule for concerts. But I know they exist!) Head on over to this park on Wednesday nights during the summer, and you can find something more entertaining that what we provided….me and my kids singing “Edelweiss”.
Here’s to good weather and getting outside!
A. Storm
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