Enjoying Nature

Yesterday we all took a trip to the NC Arboretum to enjoy being outside and get a little exercise. We picked the Nature Garden Trail and walked it's full length to the Baker Exhibit building where there was some interactive art stuff outside but not a lot going on inside. Then we walked up a ways through the garden area to get to the main building. On the way (almost right next to the main building) they have a really nice outdoor bonsai garden. It's gated so you can't get to it all the time but we were lucky, it had opened just before we got to it. They have several differnt sections that led up the hill from the garden towards the main building. The plants were beautiful. Delilah's favorite part was the mini waterfall they had. They did their best to make the area match the exhibited plants. It was very simple yet nice, very zen! We are now considering getting a membership so that we can go more often since we all seemed to enjoy it and it's nice to do something as a family that doesn't involve sitting around inside.