Take A Walk With Me

You're invited to go on a walk with me, Ken, Sadie and Max! Its in the low 80's (28 celsius) and there is a strong breeze, be sure to wear your sunscreen, bring along some water, put on your comfortable shoes and lets get going

We're headed to the park 2 miles from my house to go walking on the trails. Its really not safe to walk to the park because of the narrow roads through the marshes. So we drove.

Max couldn't resist putting his head out the window and since we were going slow and we were on a back road, we let him for a few seconds......

Welcome to the park! There are two trails, we parked and headed down the sleepy lagoon trail , now its time for Rocky Creek Loop.

Sadie and Max could smell the sea air and wanted to run ahead with Ken while I stopped to take a few pictures.

Time to take a rest and have a drink!

Down the trail and just through the clearing is the Gulf of Mexico...

Its high tide so there really isn't a beachy area today. Max really wanted to go swimming and walked down for a closer look.

Here is the creek we walked past on Rocky Creek loop to get there, we passed a few fishermen and people in kayaks who didn't dare head to the island in the high winds.

Here is the observation tower. I have never been to the top of it because when we get this far I'm exhausted and can't possibly climb steps...

Today I RAN to the top!!!

View to the north. There is a people beach at the furthest park but this is our secret beach where we can bring the dogs for a swim. The water isn't deep and at low tide, a nice dog friendly beach is revealed. They LOVE to swim in the water but we didn't let them swim today.

View to the south...just behind that tree is the pier at the dog park we go to. We are very lucky and have three nature parks along this stretch of coast, all within 1.5 miles of each other.

Even Sadie and Max went up to the top! This was their very first time on stairs! Sadie went up and down them like an old pro and even Max with his little legs figured out how to hop up and down them. I ran up and down them THREE TIMES!!!

Wow that was exhausting! I'm so thirsty my tongue is hanging out!

Max is thirsty too!

Its a good thing we brought the puppy water bowl.

Look at the bird up in the tree.

Its an osprey eagle!

WOW, wasn't that fun? Congratulations you just walked 1.5 miles!

Thanks for joining us on our walk today! Doesn't it feel good to get out and enjoy the fresh sea air and sunshine? Maybe next time we'll see the peacocks and a few more birds, turtles, crabs, jumping fish and maybe even a few dolphins or manatee. You never know what you'll see when you head out for a walk! So until next time...