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<\/a>She’s debating about whether or not to let me take a family pic. It took some convincing, but…<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>She agreed to pose for JUST ONE photo! :)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>I snuck a few others! :)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Look at this crazy landscape!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Huxley came with us too. Looking dapper (and dirty) in his fleece.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Eve drank from the creek, then taught Huxley how to. :)<\/p><\/div>\n
We had fun exploring the area, on the well marked and not-so well marked trails. Towards the end we found ourselves back on the bike path, where, coincidentally, a guy Alan knows from the conservation committee was pedaling by.\u00a0 We asked him about the brush clearing and he said there were invasive species in that area that were killing native trees, so last summer they brought up a “brontosaurus” to do massive clearing.\u00a0 Crazy!\u00a0 He pointed us to the trails website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n The only down side to the day was the vast number of ticks we had to pick off Huxley!!\u00a0 He’s wearing a flea and tick collar, but apparently it’s not working anymore! I ordered another one immediately! We all spent the rest of the day feeling like we had creepy crawlies all over us.\u00a0 Yuck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that we are all in Covid quarantine lock-down mode, it’s been interesting trying to plan a 13th birthday.\u00a0 We had to cancel our big birthday trip, which was going to be her primary present.\u00a0 I’ll reschedule it, someday, but … Continue reading