lake nockamixon

Today was the annual picnic and walk for the Liberty Bell Wanderers. This year it was at Lake Nockamixon.

Darrell dropped off Angel and the tween here—he had to work—then we drove up to Bonnie's and left from there. I forgot my bean salad so I had to circle the block and get it. It took two cars to get us all there. Driving in on 563 was like a parade going to the park! There were cars in front and behind.

We started with the 5K, then I was going to take the tween and do part of the 10K. I think she would have been just as happy to stay playing with the 18-month old. Ultimately we should have stayed with them because we made a wrong turn and our 10K turned into about a 4K.

I forgot to take the group picture. I thought of it on the trail, and decided Angel (who stayed behind at the pavilion with her broken ankle) should be in it. Then when we all returned to the pavilion I forgot.

The picnic was a lot of chatting with people. I never heard any announcements.  The tween was having a ball "playing" with the 18-month old. I'm not so sure how much fun he had. We walked him down to the lake. He was totally uninterested.

The most exciting thing that happened was me losing my keys. Angel brought homework to do while waiting for us to finish walking. She had given me her bag to put back in the car, which I did. Later, she needed her wallet from the bag. I couldn't find my keys. I looked in my pockets, and my walk bag and everywhere. Then I walked to the car. Don't you know I locked it. I was just about to call AAA. I had Bonnie's phone in my hand. When I decided to look one more time. This time retracing my steps. On the way back from the car, I stopped to have my book stamped. They were on the table. Pshew.

Lunch was a pot luck. The club provided brats, dogs and burgers. Do you see the second one from the left? The super-sized one? That's the one they gave me. I decided brats not boiled in beer are not as good. There were also a couple gluten free options for Bonnie.

Bonnie's family ate and ran. They had another picnic to go to. We left about 1:15. They still hadn't done announcements.

Next year I'll take money along to rent a boat.

I took Angel and the tween home. The tween opens up the house while we chatted on the curb. She came out carrying a 6x9 envelope. It was her patch, pin, propaganda, certificate, and cancelled 10 walk book.  The timing couldn't have been better.