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| Last minute studying for their Junior Ranger review by the Park Ranger at Badlands |
In case anyone is thinking they just hand out these badges if you answer a few questions, the review by the Park Rangers at the different national parks is different from ranger to ranger, but each one is very thorough to make sure the junior ranger has completed everything they are supposed to. In many cases the ranger will ask additional questions to make sure they understand what they learned.
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| The Badlands |
The ranger at Mt. Rushmore was especially tough asking things like, "What was George Washington's job before he was President?" Who was the 3rd President of the United States?" and, "What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?" He also told a guy who asked for some ranger badges for his grand kids, "they have to come here and work for them like these junior rangers did," (referring to Chris, Katie, and Chelsea). Interestingly he also knew that the kids were home-schooled without us saying anything. He said that home-schooled children always look him in the eyes when he speaks to them and are not afraid to talk to him.
Since with their eighth badge there is no more room on their lanyards to hold them, the kids received Junior Ranger vests today that will hold all of their junior ranger stuff and display their eight badges with room for many more. Not sure yet where or on what we will put all the junior ranger patches they received from each park.
Here are some photos from our trip through The Badlands. We are in Sioux Falls tonight and will be heading to the Forest City, Iowa area where on Friday we will take a tour of the Winnebago factory and see where our camper was born.
- Posted by Ted
Learn more about:
The Badlands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands_National_Park
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