Sunday, April 14, 2013

A Walk In The Park



We had a very nice ride, on a delightful spring day! Not as many folks out as last weekend, though the temps were mild and everything was blooming. The leaves were morphing as we rode beneath them.

As we sat in the window at the Woodstock, with the boys tied to the hitching post out front, we saw several people visit them. One young lady approached KC while her boyfriend watched from a safe distance. Young brave (allegedly) men are scared of horses. They are comfortable standing well away while their lady friend puts herself in harm's way. Males will do dangerous, risky things with bikes, cars, skateboards, climbing on anything, using firearms, fireworks and explosives, but get a horse in their proximity and their true colors are revealed. It's hard to be cool when you are obviously petrified. This still cracks me up after all these years. How exactly was the West won?

On our walk (and run) in the Park we saw numerous deer, squirrels and two red foxes. The foxes saw us, too, and quickly got well away from us. In the swampy pond by the rail road tracks the downed tree limb had at least eight juvenile snapping turtles basking in the sun. Lots of birds: Bluebirds, Robins, Wood Thrush, Red-tailed Hawks, Crows, Mockingbirds, and Buzzards.



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