Running and Camping

Met up with Amy bright and early on Sunday for a run at the Brad. We were so early the gate was still closed :-) We parked along the road, which we later learned was a no-no. Oops! Who would have thought we were supposed to just open the gate ourselves?! In any event, we headed out into the dark and damp woods towards the Connector. The trails were very squishy! We just took it slow and easy, talking as we rambled along. I'm not sure Amy appreciated the rugged terrain - poor girl! Letting me drag her through the woods :-) We did the BBU lollypop backwards, first taking the trails from Lawrence Road, along the powerlines and back along and back along the dirt road before heading back to the park. Although, of course, where did she take a digger but on the dirt road leading out to the powerlines along the BBU route?! Aie! Got in 7 miles before heading home for our respective busy days. Fun to catch up, as always! Thanks Amy.

The rest of the morning was spent packing up for our overnight camping trip out to Wolfes Neck. We had the campground almost all to ourselves - it was heavenly! and it was the perfect day for camping. Blue skies, a breeze, moderate temps... ahh! It was a bit chilly overnight, but we awoke to yet another nice morning today, so we managed to hit the beach two days in a row. There was a lot of shell collecting, rock hopping, redwing blackbirds and bobolinks calling in the fields, some shoe-sucking mud flats, osprey flying overhead, seagulls dropping clams on the rocks below, some playground and farm fun, as well as the requisite tidal pool searching - we found many, many periwinkles, a few small crabs that tickled our palms, three hermit crabs and best of all, two horseshoe crabs this morning near the seaweed-covered rocky ledges. They actually spawn down in the area, which is very cool! Sam was scared out of her wits by the prehistoric creatures floating through the water towards us but I thought it was pretty awesome!

I could go on and on, but I think the pictures tell a better story... of course, you'll have to add in a bit of whining, some crying, many trips to the potty, failed kite flying attempts, etc, etc, but we were camping with a 3-year old, so what else would we expect?!

Our campsite for the night

Hanging out

Searching for seashells by the seashore :-)

Being goofy

Blue skies

Along the shore

Dusk

Walking the rocks

Perfect place to be

Look Mommy, seashells!