“We’re going to go for a long walk in the park today. Want to come along?”, came the voice through the telephone. “Sure. I’d love to.”

I arrived back in town at about 2pm and met up with my sister and her husband. We headed out to one of the many conservation areas around here. Them by car and me by motorcycle.

My brother-in-law followed behind while I led the way. It took a little longer than it might have because he was doing a steady 40kms/hr the entire way. He was probably concerned that my father’s 1988 street banger might fall apart if he went too fast, which is reasonable enough.

Anyways, we got to the park, packed up a few granola bars and some bottled water, and got on our way. We took the longer trail deeper into the woods. This particular park is quite large and picturesque. Lots of trees and fresh air. If it had been only a little warmer, I’d have jumped in the water! I hadn’t been here since I was a kid so I’m really glad this came up to say yes to.

We stayed the whole afternoon, and even made a stop at a bird watching tower, as my brother-in-law kept asking me if I wanted to keep going! As the day turned to night, i got ready to go home, but not before my sister asked, “Do you want to go canoeing with us tomorrow?”.