Weekend Fun

Ryan was up in Acadia this weekend with some of the Trail Monster crew, so it was just Sam and I. We went to swimming yesterday morning, followed by Frosty's of course, and then headed down to Kristen and Morgan's after lunch. The weather hadn't looked very promising when we left, but the skies had cleared by the time the girls had done a bike lap around the neighborhood, so we loaded up the car and headed over to Macworth Island. Everyone else must have had the same idea as the lot was full, but we got lucky and someone pulled out just a few minutes after we arrived.

We spent some time on the beach, with the girls gathering shells and Sam getting stuck in the mud, and then we walked the perimeter trail around the island, stopping fairly often for snacks, to look at flowers, pick up walking sticks, build fairyhouses, etc. Sam did a great job walking around all by herself and we had a lot of fun. We followed up the walk with an early dinner at Bueno Loco, complete with big margaritas for Kristen and I. Yum!

Collecting shells on the beach

About to get stuck in the mud

Groovin' on the shoreline

Walking around the island

Just one of the many trout lilies in bloom

This morning, we got up and headed once again to Frosty's for donuts. Hey, it's Mother's Day! I can have a donut for the second day in a row, right?! ;) (Actually, make that three out of the past four days. Ha!) Then, with the sun shining and the temps in the 60s, we drove out to Wolfe's Neck State Park for our first visit this year. We arrived around 9:30 am, early enough to find Tami finishing up her duties cleaning up the restrooms :-) It was fun to see her and catch up a bit before we headed out on the trails down to the water. It was the height of high tide, so our regular beach spot was covered with water, so we went on a bit of an adventure, scrambling along the rock ledges a ways back along the shore to a small spit of beach tucked out of sight. We hung out there for a bit, exploring, sticking our toes in the ocean, watching one of the osprey come in  to roost in the tall pine tree at the edge of the island with a fish in his talons, collecting some shells and enjoying a beautiful morning at one of our favorite places. Then we headed over to the farm to see the animals, including a new Belted Galloway calf and a cute little brown goat kid, before returning home for lunch.

Me and the kiddo

Wolfes Neck view

Getting ready to collect shells

This water is really cold!

After Ryan got home this afternoon, I headed out for my own Mother's Day adventure, running the Commons and Coleman Farm on a hot (70 degrees!) afternoon. I wasn't feeling the peppiest given the time of day and the heat, but it is always lovely to be out in those woods, especially on a sunny day. A few lady slipper and blue bead lily leaves unfurling in the Commons, but otherwise, still just a lot of greenery. The Pennelville fields are greening too, and the woods out along the ocean in Coleman Farm are simply awash in a carpet of trout lilies, along with some purple violets, wood anemone and ferns. On the return, as I came out of the woods onto the edge of the farm property, the daffodils were almost sparkling in the sunlight at the edge of the pond. Such a pretty sight. Got in a nice 7.5 miles before heading home for dinner.  

Trout lily-lined trail

Sun-drenched woods

Spring splendor at Coleman Farm