A Walk

Last weekend, Scott was out of town for the Justice Conference simulcast in Indy. My running group ran at Foster Park that morning, and it was actually pleasant. There were paved trails with not much ice. So, I decided that the kids and I should go back to walk the dog there later in the day. 

This took some cajoling. I said it was for Pepper.  The temperatures were about to fall again, and it was a window of opportunity to get her out. 

It was a beautiful, crisp, clear day. It reminded me of Winter days in Nice. 

We saw geese.

 Justin ran out with Pepper...

...and back.

Though the Foster Park loop is mostly ice-free, I took a wrong turn and led us onto some icy patches. Here's Anna making her way on the ice. She liked the feel of the ice; it made the walk less "boring," but it was slow going.

Here's Pepper waiting for her. Pepper is most happy when we're all together.

 I said icy patch, but it was basically all one big, long icy road.

Making for much fun.

Our icy roadway didn't lead back to the well-paved trail, so we walked over snow, which was its own challenge. It's deeper than it looks, and though the geese were able to walk on it without sinking down, we weren't.

Fortunately, this increased the adventure/fun factor of the walk.

I think the real loop is 2.2 miles, so I don't know if we did more or less (since I'm a runner now, this seems to matter). I took the kids to a nearby coffee shop, The Friendly Fox, for a hot chocolate afterwards. Justin loved it, Anna not so much.