Since my mom moved to Michigan, she and her husband Keith visit after Christmas and we celebrate the holidays together at New Years. Between numerous other previous holiday engagements, Mary and Keith's long drive, and a long stretch of unusually cold weather, everyone had been cooped up inside way to much. We were all eager to get outside. But it is still very cold, and it's hard to generate heat moving at a toddler's rate, especially when said toddler is necessarily thickly bundled. We decided to try a short trail with proximal warming opportunities. Where else? The Bog Trail, of course. It always delivers.
After pausing in the parking lot to layer up, we set out along the Hemlock Hollow Trail. The snowy woods were gorgeous. We turned onto the Bog Trail and Frankie got distracted... by a stick. Alden got us back on track, leading us down the boardwalk toward the pond. We marched on by the pond, snapping the obligatory photos as the boys urged us on, eager to reach the tower. They so love it there! A place to pause and play and be silly together. Out to the Island, where the boys also like to lollygag, but it was too cold for much more of that. There had already been too much standing around for poor Keith, although he may have warmed up a bit after offering Alden a ride.
Eventually we had to move on. We had to mind the cold. But I was so happy we made it out!
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| Frankie is far ahead here, along the fenceline at the far edge of the pond - he has already turned back onto the Hemlock Hollow Trail |
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