What's Next?: Weekending

Monday, July 29, 2019

Weekending

Up and out on Saturday morning for a meander through the Cathance. Relatively cool but very muggy. Definitely summertime out on the trails. The river is running nicely but with much lower water levels, the grasses along the Heath are long and scratchy and the deer flies were buzzing and following along in their relentless pursuit. Still always nice to be out on the trails, even if I did decide to abort to the road for the final few miles in an attempt to avoid the deer flies! 😂 Saw one deer and a red eft crossing the sidewalk. Stopped and moved him onto the grass across the street. Always a good sighting! 😍 (7.0 miles)

Cardinal flowers blooming on the river banks

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Then it was out to the coast to hang out at the Point with the McDosties for the day. Always a good time, and Sam was so happy to have time with Anne and Thistle! It was an incredibly gorgeous day too for lots of water fun, sunny and bright but cooler and with a lovely breeze right along the coastline. Ahhhh....

Such joy 😍😍

Coastal views

Getting ready for a fun ride getting pulled in the tube behind Jack's boat!

Whee!!!

As Sam said, that was such fun, after I got over being terrified! 😆😆

The kids went out a few more times and Ryan and I stayed back with Kristen's dad and enjoyed sitting on the dock with our feet in the cold ocean water, taking in the views

And then it was back to the pool! JUMP!

Such a fun day and we all came home sun-kissed and tired and happy! Thanks Kristen and Phil!

No running Sunday, but I did manage to cajole Ryan and Sam out of the house after lunch for a nice meander out at Wolfe's Neck State Park. Ryan was convinced it was going to be deer fly hell, but it turned out there was a lovely breeze, it was about 8 degrees cooler out at the coast and we had a lovely walk with no bugs whatsoever. We also had a chance to talk with Tamson for a bit and look through the telescope at the osprey family out on the island. Fun! (1.2 miles walked)