Rypp Wilder matches his name. Always up for “dirt church” learning about plants, scouting tracks, and studying animals in all seasons.
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Receive Text UpdatesRypp loves the calm & wild of nature. He loves exploring new mountains, rivers, and lakes. He takes notice of the smallest bugs struggling to hold onto a leaf, or how a rock cliff looks like an image of an animal or dinosaur is carved inside. He loves exploring the perfect climbing tree; he will climb barefoot as high as he can go. He loves cooling his feet in the streams after a hike and sitting still, observing the magic of a Mama moose only yards away.
A fox and a turtle. He loves that foxes are smart, fast, funny, and roam. He has also asked for one for his birthday. He said the fox could be his dog (ranger) and his hiking and adventure buddy. He loves turtles because they come in so many different sizes and live everywhere. When he was little, we had wild turtles at the ranch. He would wander out through hay fields to try and sneak up on the turtles, hoping he could sit next to them on the long and take a rest after school.
Rypp, loves a treasure hunt in the mountains. A picnic at the top of Blodgett Canyon or baseball in the park. He gardens with his mom, and loves playing in the mud with his dog, digging up rocks, or "dino bones". He often asks to bring paint and crayons outside so he can draw or paint what he sees. Nature centers him, reflecting the soft and the strong he carries in himself back to him. He is a part of nature, naturally that is where he craves to be.
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