Nature's Theater

Our family was fortunate enough to catch Nature's Theater "production" of "Winter won't go" earlier in March. We were all pleasantly surprised by the event.

The drive from Davis to Stebbins Cold Canyon was beautiful. Crossing the road to get to the entrance of the reserve was a little nerve-racking with a 5 year old and an 8 month old but we made it in one piece!

The creators of Nature's Theater, Lindsay and Jeff, are wonderful: friendly, engaging, creative, and most of all ... fun! My husband kept waiting for the "production" to begin but we soon realized that we were already participating in it.

After signing in, Lindsay explained to the children that it was the first day of Spring but Winter didn't want to leave. Then Father Winter (Jeff) arrived saying he refused to go back to his wintry home. Jeff and Lindsay led us on a short hike, showing us flowers, insects and seedlings -all signs of Spring.

Our daughter had an absolute blast and I loved being able to sneak a hike (although a short one) into our family's weekend. Unfortunately we have a lot of conflicting events with future hikes but we will DEFINITELY go again as soon as our schedule allows! And next time, we'll take photos.


Information:
Suggested donation $5/child, $10/family
For schedule see http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/stebbins/guides/guide_schedule.htm