On Wednesday, Ds12 and I traveled with my parents and five local high school students to a national park. It was a three hour drive, but well worth it.
    We were greeted by two biologists. They took us to turtle nesting sites of the endangered Blanding's Turtle. These turtles are recognized as a species at risk and are protected at the park. On evenings in June the females lay their eggs in gravel/sand. The eggs incubate for 100 days with heat from the sun. Then in September they hatch and crawl up out of their nest.
    We helped locate three baby turtles which had radio transmitters on their shells. They were so cute. They were about the size of a toonie ($2 coin in Canada).
    Blanding's Turtles
   After lunch we went on a hiking trail with an electronic tour guide called Explora. It is  "GPS-triggered, location-based technology at Parks Canada sites." We were provided a GPS and a stylus and set off! The GPS would make a loon call whenever it wanted to notify us of info. Multimedia guide: movie, audio, pictures, quizes, info about geology, botany, biology and local history. Very cool. I got 10 out of 11 on the quizes:)