Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Old Friends

One of Jack's best buds in the first grade was Blaik. He moved to a nearby town in the second grade and then on to Wisconsin the following year. We've kept in touch since then. Blaik is hanging out with us for the next couple days in route to visit his Grandparent's in Oklahoma. We spent yesterday at a great local water park. 4 1/2 hours of sliding, diving and roasting. Today we went on a mammoth hike at one of my favorite trails. It's got cool limestone bluffs.

Much talking takes place in the quiet of the woods. The boys are discussing the upcoming football season. Blaik roots for some team in Green Bay.

We saw all sorts of wild critters. Three lanky turkeys. (and I made sure they didn't peak out our eyeballs) Fun little turtle. Skanks like lizard thingees. Spiders. Raccoon tracks were all over the place right under this bridge.