58 NEBRASKAland • NOVEMBER 2016
Right: Grace Chin of Omaha holds up
a Halloween cookie at the Osprey mini-
lodge.
Opposite: A house sparrow visits one of
the bird feeders at the Missouri National
Recreational River Resource
and Education Center.
Day 2
A
last group of friends,
the Chins, made
an appearance Sunday
morning from Omaha,
which wouldn't make
much sense unless they
were visiting a place like
Ponca. Even though they'd
be driving four hours
between their trips to and
from Ponca, they knew the
possibilities of their day.
Eleven-year-old George
Chin pulled his tackle
box from the car and,
with Gavin, headed to the
trout pond. Sister Grace
teamed up with the other
teenage girls and helped the
younger kids make post-
Halloween cookies, while a
few of the adults went back
to the education center to
look at the Lewis and Clark
display and watch various
birds come to the feeders.
Shortly after, it was back
to the sled hill. We spent
the rest of the afternoon
flying down the hill on
snowboards and sleds, our
entire group laughing our
way up and down, and up
and down again. It never
got old.
