Engeldinger Marsh

I asked the family today if they wanted to go to the Pleasant Hill library and see the movie Pinocchio or we could go to Engeldinger Marsh and explore the creatures that live in and around there. I found that activity through the Polk County Conservation website http://www.conservationboard.org/Pages/em.aspx.  They always have activities that go on throughout the year.  So we decided to head to Engeldinger. It is just 5 miles outside Bondurant, about a 25 minute drive from our house. We arrive and a lady was talking and giving instruction. After a few minutes she says grab your nets and lets go exploring. Well, when they say explore the marsh, they really do mean explore the marsh! We started walking on the trail and pretty soon the trail became wet. Not just wet, but very wet and muddy and well, just marshy!! As we got further out it got deeper and deeper. The boys, well mostly Renn, was finding frogs, tadpoles, crawdads and lots of bugs. Zayvn? The marsh was up to his hips and he had a hard time getting around. Eventually Kevin had to go rescue Zayvn since he lost his boot out in the marsh. All of us, mostly the boys though, were so muddy and wet! I can tell you this wasn't one of my brightest ideas but boy did we have a laugh on the way home!!