Thursday Bonnie sent me a text and asked if I was going to the Tail on the Trail 5th anniversary walk on Saturday. She thought maybe she'd bring the Little Man. So I said sure. At the last minute, Lydia decided to go as well.
The event was scheduled from 9-11 and included the dedication of a new dog park. The actual walk didn't start until 9:45. After signing in, we discovered the walk was only a mile. Well that's not worth driving to Easton for. We decided to do our own walk and be back in time for the end of the celebration. Basically, skip the speeches. When we left the pavilion was filled with tables for several organizations, and there was refreshments. Out on the lawn there were other tents set up.
We left about 9:10 and headed down the path that runs parallel with the main road. Then we entered the woods near the bike course. There were no bikers so Little Man and I walked it.
We were about half way went bikers came. So I told little man that we had to jump off the course. We didn't want to get run over! So we kept hopping on and off as the bikes came. The bikers were very tolerant of a 4-year old.
Then we returned to the woods trail. Lydia took this photo of us. Little Man decided he wanted both of us to hold his hand...the entire walk! He talks non stop.
We picked up the D&L at the edge of the woods and headed toward Easton. We saw two families of geese, and Bonnie was telling Little Man how we had to be quiet, so as not to scare them away, and in a loud voice he says, Gigi there's baby ducks. They made a bee-line across the canal.
After about a mile we turned around and headed back. We met the geese again. This time Bonnie told him to be quiet again, but earlier. She also had the "remember what happened last time" evidence to help. I think he was quiet a full three minutes!
It was about 10:20 when we returned to the pavilion. It was a ghost town. On the trail we saw the parade of dogs headed to the dog park. The registration table was up (until 10:40) but almost everything else was gone. The nutrition lady was still there. That's it. She said they cleaned up and left after the speeches and the 1 mile walk. I'm thinking 10. A mile only takes 20 minutes. Bonnie was pissed.
He would not cross the rope bridge. Even after I did it.
He also did not like the see-saw. There was even a little boy his size to ride it with. I did yell at him for pushing the swings without a person in.
It was about 11:30 when we packed up and left for home.
52-hike challenge: 16/52
Miles/Steps: 3 ish
Bathrooms: I-3.5 they are old, but clean
Weather: high 60s. Sunny
Wildlife: Hawk in flight, wood pecker (child: it is making a hole and then it will build a house) 5 adult geese and 4 goslings
Extra: It's Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo. So I am drinking margaritas from a Derby glass. Blame any errors on the tequila.
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