Hello,
Leroy and I had talked about taking a
bike ride on a trail in central Iowa. However, the bike rack does not fit very
well on the newer car. We could take the older, but Leroy thought it was a bit
cool today to enjoy such an excursion. This is a sentiment from the guy who
will ride until the temperatures are 19 degrees Fahrenheit. I stop at 50
degrees. I did not think it was too low at 60 when we first talked about going.
Our alternative plan was to walk in
one of the county parks on a trail that we had not yet experienced. We forgot
to bring our carry along map and the center was not open on this holiday. So we
just used the maps that were provided on two signs. It worked out fairly well,
but we mostly did not know where we were.
This park has some wetlands as it main
focus. We found the wet path in one area. Striding off with confidence that the
trail would go back to higher dry land, we set out only to find after about
half a mile of walking on grass that almost held us off the mud that the water
was getting higher. We turned around, retraced our steps, and set off in
another direction. I saw one frog during that segment, but Leroy, who was in
the lead told me he thought he saw about 100 small frogs. By the time I took my
eyes off the somewhat perilous spots my feet were landing on, the frogs had
leaped away.
On the second and dryer part of the
trail we ended up going back twice because we did not want to deal with the
mushy places. All in all we traveled a bit more than 6,000 steps. We did have
lunch and water in our backpack which Leroy toted the entire time. Luckily when
we were ready to eat, a bench was there. Sitting watching the clouds race
across the blue sky was uplifting for the soul.
We declared the outing a success.
Paula
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