Picnic Adventure

I live in Virginia and so far this winter has been utterly terrible.  Between subfreezing temperatures and feet of snow and illnesses, I am highly anticipating the warmer weather of spring and the humid heat of summer!  This past weekend was a bit warmer, windy, but warm enough in the sunshine to get out and enjoy it! 
My dear friend and my son & her puppy got our picnic baskets packed and headed to the outskirts of town to a popular National Forest site with a pond and walking trails.  There were plenty of geese to excite the puppy (and Brody), some people fishing, some running.  A few college girls had their dogs romping through the water, playing & fetching. 
The sun was warm, even though there was still snow on the ground in the shaded parts of the trail.  Last year, we came on a field trip with my son's preschool class and it was warmer so there were tons of tiny little turtles lazily sunbathing on the logs but we saw none this time around.  We are definitely planning to go back once it warms up and isn't so muddy.  I'd like to go sans child and pop my ear buds in and run for some head clearing, peaceful time.

 

There was a tree that was shaped like a long neck Diplodocus dinosaur that Brody was able to sit on and "ride".  He was fully excited about that!



And of course, no adventure of mine would be complete with out finding a heart-shaped rock or two!

 

This is certainly one of my favorite spots in the area to enjoy the outdoors!  Another great adventure to mark down in the memory books.