For this week's walk we motored down Kings Mill Road to the public state land. This time it was just Robert and I so we could go at a little quicker pace and also have some time to conversate without little ears listening. It was a very brown afternoon and when we started there was a light misty rain.
It was very quiet and peaceful, the rain actually made the world feel reigned in and smaller somehow, like a hug from nature. No one else was on the trails so we had the place all to ourselves other than the few squirrels that were scurrying about. Some interesting finds were a small casing from some kind of seed pod or nut, an odd bubbling coming out from some ice sheets at various points along the path, a cute little evergreen type ground cover I had never noticed before, and a bunch of marble pieces that we found under the huge party tree. We also noticed a lot of trash by the boat launch which prompted us to make a mental note about bringing some trash bags and the boys down there with us next time to do some good samaritan duty.
By the time we were heading back to the car it was a steady down-pouring of rain and getting colder. My dogs were starting to hurt since I didn't wear the right kind of socks and they were rubbing on my feet something terrible so I wanted to conclude the walk before blisters started. If we had dressed better we could have hiked on for many more hours. So far we've walked in a snow storm, muddy muck, and now rain, all to make the adventure more interesting. After we got back to the house we both changed then loaded the kids up to go out the the New China Buffet for a late lunch in honor of our anniversary.
Until next time....
