In a different post I described a day with Rosemary in SF, when Leilani was sworn in as a Junior Ranger. Seeing how much it means to her and how much she treasures her badge I thought it deserved its own post.
In the SF Maritime museum were beautiful murals and they had a treasure hunt on for children.
Leilani loved it and found most of the items.
Since she did so well the friendly ranger gave her another booklet to her to find more things, and to note sounds and try things. These are the cover and a few pages from the activity booklet.
(unfortunately all the nice ocean sounds were overpowered by construction noises)
…and there was a big reward at the end. Leilani was sworn in as a junior ranger, to protect the parks and the environment and received a ranger badge. She repeated the long and complicated oath…
… and talked for hours about busting flower pickers and people who feed squirrels in the parks.