Today I planned on walking with Angel. The teen was a band camp.
The plan was to drop her car off at Young's Volkswagon at 33 and Hecktown Road, then go down the street to Louise Moore Park. If the name sounds familiar, her husband also has a park in Easton. This was their home, Slate Post Farm, and donated to the county as a passive park in 1973. The road runs down the middle of it. So it's kind of like two parks instead of one.
I know where the car dealers are at this intersection. I thought there would be no issues. I found a half dozen others, but no VW. I finally pulled over and texted her.
"I can't find the dealer. I see Buick, Ford, Brown Daub, AAA".
"You should have gone straight at the Hecktown Ramp"
"So I get back on 33 and get off at Target?"
"No. Let me think."
"Okay, I have it in Google Maps. Hopefully will be there is six minutes."
She then sends me a google map.
At the red light I texted her (yes, bad Gayle. Never do that.) I see it. Then I try to find her. I was within spitting distance. The dealer is not really on Hecktown Road, It's behind the Buick place and faces Rt. 33. She had sent me her location and I went there. No Angel. I text her again. (This time I was stopped.) And she tells me shes at the boulders on the road side. I get to the boulders but there's no way to get to the road. We finally give up and she walks to me. I DROVE RIGHT PAST HER.
It probably took 15 minutes to go that .3 miles. I finally pick her up and we head to the park. Basically I had to go around the Buick place and look for the driveway. We parked and headed in.
The park was fairly busy. I usually come here when it's sunny, but today there was nice breaks of shade. We walked both the outer loop and the inner loop while we listen to the hum of giant lawn mowing machines. I can't tell you the last time I walked the inner loop. We usually walk the outer loop because that's where the fitness toys are.
Angel called the dealer when we were done and the car was ready. We headed back to the dealer. I turn onto Hecktown road, I see a road and say to Angel, is this it, she says yes as we both realize that we got on the highway. We decided it was natures way of telling us to go to Dunkin. So we did.
I wanted to take the back way home, but coming out of Dunkin I made a wrong turn. I decided to follow it. That's how I learn new routes. It took me to Greenwood which is exactly what I wanted. I turned. But I picked the wrong direction. Now there are two adults with GPS in the car, do you think we'd use them? Nope. We ended up back at Dunkin. We made a giant circle.
I headed up 25th street to Park Avenue and made the turn to go back up to Hecktown road. We might waste a lot of time and gas but there's never a dull moment. And it's always more of an adventure when Zoom is not involved.
Wildlife: swallowtails.
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A great way to spend the morning
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