WHAT: Find a list of Accepted Electronics for Recycling
DATE: Saturday April 27th
TIME: 8 AM until 2 PM
WHERE: Eastwood Baptist Church Parking Lot – 500 Eastwood Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42103

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Being the savvy traveler that I am or maybe just lucky, I scheduled a cave visit for today (since we are in cave country and caves are generally pretty cool in temperature year-round). We made the trek to the Lost River Cave….. read more on RV for 5′s Blog

Squirrely Scavenger Hunt

Now – April 30, 2013 – FREE

Pick up the Squirrely Scavenger Hunt clues at Wildflower Gifts at Lost River Cave then hit the trails! Look for white squirrels hanging out in the trees. Each squirrel has a favorite spot. As you find them, write down the number corresponding with that squirrel. Once you have found all 15 squirrels, bring your sheet back to the gift shop for a decoder key. Decode the numbers to unscramble a phrase to solve the hunt!

All right, Mr. DeMille,  I’m ready for my close-up.

We all love going to the movies. Wildflower Gifts at Lost River Cave is offering families discount movie tickets to Regal Theaters for only $7.50! When it is too cold or too nasty outdoors, stop by Wildflower Gifts before heading to the movies and save a few bucks.

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Winter Staycation – $6 Sundays

Visit any of these local attractions and receive $6 admissions per person on Sundays in January and February. Mention ‘$6 Sundays’ to redeem.

For local residents only. Not Valid with other offers. 

In the 1970′s WKU student Bill Lansden took Rho Rogers (our current Executive Director) on their first date to explore the forgotten treasures of the mysterious cave entrance.

A lot has changed in the last 80 years but one thing has remained the same… Lost River Cave is a place for romance.

Check out the top ten places to get engaged at Lost River Cave on Valentines Day.
Nudge nudge wink wink!

The park closes at sunset. 

Participants will venture into the field to practice what they learn!

Schedule of Events

February 10, 2-4pm- Introduction to Geocaching

Lecture: What is Geocaching? Learn the history of GPS, Navigation and Caching.  Learn the types of Caches, including traditional, travel bugs, geocoins, signature items and Earthcaches. Find out what you need to Geocache.

Hands-on: Participants will venture out on the Park to learn how to Geocache and the proper etiquette.

April 14, 2-4pm- Basic Use of a GPS

Lecture: Participants will learn how to store coordinates, set-up waypoints, track mileage, and download/upload information for many basic units.

Hands-on: participants will store event cache coordinates on their own and then find it.

June 09, 2-4pm- Geocaching.com: How to use It

Lecture: With a connection to the internet, participants learn how to set up a username on the widely used website, how to search for caches and log their adventures.

Hands-on: Participants will find a Valley Cache and log their find on Geocaching.com, and setting up a username if necessary.

August 11, 2-4pm- Hiding a Cache

Lecture: Participants will learn the etiquette to hiding a traditional cache, the types of caches available, how to evaluate the cache (difficulty level…) and how to publish it on Geocaching.com.

Hands-on: Participants will break into groups, hide ready-made caches, provide information to another team and find each other’s caches.

October 13, 2-4pm- Advanced Geocaching 

Lecture and Hands-on: Participants will learn about and try their hand in the field to decipher and find difficult caches such as puzzle caches and micro-caches.

December 8, 2-4pm- Introduction to Hand-Held GPS Units: What to Buy

Lecture: Guest speaker from Gander Mountain will discuss the different types of units and their different features.

Hands-on: Participants will search for event caches containing Holiday surprises.

No registration required, call Lost River Cave for details, 270.393.0077.

To get started, take your pipe cleaners and wrap one around the last ring of scales on the bottom of each pine cone, leaving one end longer than the other.

Next, make the base of your wreath. Draw a large circle on the sheet of cardboard with a large dinner plate. Make a smaller circle inside the larger one with the salad plate. Cut the larger circle from the cardboard and then the smaller circle from the larger one so that you’ve made a ring. You should have a piece of cardboard the shape of a wreath.

Now, if you want, paint the cardboard green or any color you like with poster paint. After the paint dries, it’s time to add the pine cones. Punch a hole in the center of your cardboard ring. It’s time to start adding the pine cones.

Take one of your pine cones and put the pipe cleaner ends through the hole and then line-up your next pine cone to find out where the next hole should be punched. After you’ve made the second hole, stick the pipe cleaner for the second pine cone through the hole.

If you turn over the wreath you should have two sets of pipe cleaners. Twist the pipe cleaner ends of the first and second cones together to secure them to the ring. Continue this process until the whole wreath is covered with pine cones and they are all secured.

No wreath is ever complete without a bow, so add that next. Make a nice bow from spare ribbon or yarn. Use a pipe cleaner that looks good with the bow and attach it to the wreath the same way you did the pine cones.

Now the only thing missing is a way to hang it. Take a 12-15″ piece of string and tie the ends together. Wrap part of the loop you just made under the bottom of the top-most pine cone and use the rest of the loop as a hanger.

And, that’s it. You’re ready to hang it up.

Craft discovered on dnr.wi.gov

Have you ever noticed the cool designs you see on the underside of a mushroom? Each one is unique and different. You can use mushrooms and paint to create some fun mushroom prints. Here’s how.

Collect the following materials: poster paint, paintbrushes, some shiny paper, a piece of cardboard or newspaper and of course, mushrooms.

Remember, that some mushrooms you find in nature are poisonous. So be careful and make sure to wash your hands when you’re done…or you can use store bought portabellas.

First, break off the stem of your mushroom. You may also want to remove some of the outer cap of the mushroom if it’s covering up the gills. Now, take your poster paint and paintbrush and paint the gills of your mushroom. You can use one color or multiple colors…you just need to make sure you have enough brushes for each color.

It’s time to make your first print. Hold the painted mushroom, cap side down, over the paper where you want your print, and set it down gently. Now lightly press down on the mushroom to transfer the paint. You can probably get about two or three prints per coat of paint.

The design from the mushroom’s gills creates an amazing design. Keep adding more prints to make a painting. You can cut some of the mushrooms into quarters to make different designs. Keep on going until you have a colorful creation that you can show off to your friends.

Craft discovered on dnr.wi.gov

What you’ll need: one white paper plate, scissors, glue, and thread.

Here’s what you do:

Print out the eagle silhouette page, cut out the four eagle silouettes, then set them aside.

Cut the ribbed edge off of the paper plate. Using the middle of the paper p

late, start on one side and begin to cut in a spiral toward the center. Each part of the spiral should be about l/2 inch wide. You may want to draw a line to cut along.

Glue the eagle silhouettes along the spiral as if they were circling upward. Glue the eagles by their bodies and bend their wings slightly upward.

With a hole punch make a hole in the center of the inside loop for hanging. Attach a thread and hang up your mobile. If you hang your mobile near a heat source, it will spin and the eagles will look like they are rising with the warm air.

Caution: Do not hang your mobile so that it might touch a heat source. Remember, it’s made of paper and will burn easily.

Adapted by Nancy Schneider, Wisconsin Project WILD, with permission from Susan Gilley, Project WILD Coordinator, Virginia.

Craft discovered on dnr.wi.gov