a visit to "my creek"

I haven't posted in about a week. I've just been lazy. Thank goodness for Pat's walks and exercise. At least I'm getting 30 minutes a day.

For a few weeks now the teen has been telling me about her secret creek. Now this creek is really, really, a secret. I looked on a map. I blew it up as large as I could and put it on satellite view. I did not find it. How the teen found it I have no idea.

She has been wanting to take me there. We've been doing a weekly adventure so today was the day. I packed my Moroccan Bulgar Salad for a late lunch picnic.

We left Angel's and walked to the Wilson bike path and down the hill. Then followed the path to the athletic fields, turned and crossed a little bridge. Under the bridge was the creek. We crossed the lawn and entered the woods. You could hear the water running.

We stopped at a clearing. It was a 18 inch drop to the creek. The other place to enter the creek was a tricky climb. I packed my water shoes to go into the creek. I ended up staying on shore. Too bad, I was looking forward to going in.

I think lunch went over well but I forgot the forks.  Oops.

The teen climbed into the creek. The water was so clean you could see the bottom. The shores, on the other hand, were littered. There was even a shovel. I asked where the body was buried. Why would you take a shovel to a creek if you weren't going to bury something. There was also a broken chair, some broken CDs, and other trash.

It's an interesting spot. You felt isolated but you could hear the trucks on the nearby highway. The birds did their best to out-sing the traffic.

Angel took her journal. I'm not sure if she wrote. She probably did. On sure we were getting eaten alive so we coxed the teen out of the water. She walked back on the hot macadam and thru the forest and over the lawn barefoot.

Angel had brewed iced tea. We were playing with the cats and drinking tea and heard the ice cream truck. We ran out, grabbing our wallets, like a couple of little kids on a hot day.

Miles/Steps:    7000 according to Angel's tracker

Weather:         Low 90's, breezy, not super humid.
PPE Found:      1 mask

SLF:                 2 red nymphs on the bike path. I missed both.
Wildlife:           Bunny, 2 red birds. Probably cardinals.