Weekend Fun

Up and out Saturday morning into, you guessed it, more humidity! Ran out and back on the powerlines. Lots of puddles, a deer and two fawn, a few remaining wood lilies in bloom and lots of stops to enjoy the ripe blackberries, raspberries and blueberries along the way. Overall, definitely felt a bit tired but my legs loosened up fairly easily. (6.5 miles)

Later in the morning, we picked up Sam's friend Katherine and the four of us headed out to Harpswell to spend the day with Anne and family out at the Point. Always fun and such a gorgeous spot! Although it was bright and sunny when we arrived, the fog rolled in soon after, but there was nice cool breeze and the kids had a blast exploring the shoreline and looking for hermit crabs in the tidal pool before spending the cast majority of the afternoon playing in the pool. They were all thoroughly exhausted by the time we left around 4:30, the sure sign of a great day! :) Thanks, Kristen and Phil!

This morning, Ronnie got grouchy when I wasn't out of bed at the prescribed time which meant I was out of bed by 5:30 am, but I decided to ease into the day and had an early breakfast and a big cup of coffee and sat and relaxed for a while instead of heading right out for my run. I headed out around 7:30 am into the bright sunshine. No fog but still a lot of humidity. Par for the course this week, apparently. Decided to run the Highland Green loop and worked to run a "fast" pace in the middle three miles. My mind is prone to wandering when I'm out running so I really had to focus to keep up the effort and managed, even if just barely, to speed up each mile. Didn't even stop to pick any blackberries ;) It was a good, if soggy, way to wrap up my first 40+ mile week since before Laurel Highlands! (5.0 miles)

After lunch, we got Sam up off the couch and headed back to Harpswell, this time to the Cliff Trail for a short afternoon hike. This was one of the longest hikes Sam had done back in 2015, so it was fun to go back! And it really is a nice loop, with soft pine needle singletrack underfoot, big high bush blueberries to eat, gorgeous views along Strawberry Creek and high up on the cliffs along Long Reach, and several fairy zones for building fairy houses. The humidity had dropped and there was a nice breeze, which made it actually fairly pleasant to be out! A good walk in the woods. (2.9 miles walked)