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NOT SO SCARY ESTUARY at SAN ELIJO LAGOON

Crawl through a giant spider web. Trick-or-Treat along the Haunted Hike Nature Trail, and more.

News release

Meet creepy and crawly critters that “spirit” San Elijo Lagoon after sunset! Not-So-Scary Estuary is a Family Discovery Days Program happening this weekend, October 18-19, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center (directions).

Kids are encouraged to come in costume and enter the costume contest. Families will enjoy touring the nature center loop trail, with views of the salt marsh and “clues” to animals that live in the lagoon through the Haunted Hike Nature Trail. Meet live bats on Saturday and live owls on Sunday through special animal presentations designed to help kids realize some animals we may not know as well aren’t really so scary after all.

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FREE EVENT

Presented by: San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy & San Diego County Department of Parks/Recreation at San Elijo Lagoon.

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For more information, please visit SanElijo.org/Family-Days

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