Another humid sweltering day in Ohio. Our hiking plans for today were to try and go around twice on the Kingfisher Trail in Winton Woods. Twice around was our normal routine back before I had knee surgery. Since my surgery was so successful and I am without pain, I'm hoping we will eventually be able to go even longer than twice around.
We started out before 9 am this morning hoping to beat the heat and hopefully not run into many people. We could hear noise in the distance as though someone was working in the area. Sure enough, a crew was working on the lower portion of the trail. Unfortunately, they were pretty much blocking the trail. Not only do I have a new knee, but I'm just naturally a klutz, so I always feel I need to watch where I'm going, and have plenty of space to get my big feet through small spaces. Here is what we needed to pass.
As you can see they didn't leave much space for people to get by. Finn decided to hop over the rails and go down the hill. Then, of course, he couldn't quite hop back up and over the rails. I had to brace myself, bend down, reach over and heist his fat little body back on the trail. Thank goodness, I kept my klutziness in check.
We continued on and headed for the steps to move to the top portion of the trail. Another partial blockage greeted us.
They could have pulled their vehicle a little more to the right as there is a level path that runs through. No, they don't want to make it too easy for hikers. We got by, and continued on up the hill to the upper portion of the trail. I didn't want to go back down to the lower portion so I decided we'd stay up top. When we finally got to the top, my plan was to do the top portion 3 times. Walk to the end, then go back and forth on the top portion 2 more times. However, Finn was starting to pant pretty much, so we did a shortened version of the last 2 times. Since he wears a "winter" coat all the time, I knew he had to be hot. He will get a haircut later today. Here is a short video of Finn.
I've also been busy doing some crocheting. A few scarves for Christmas gifts this year. Some of the colors do not show up very well. The scarf on the far left is a soft lilac color. The second from the right is gray. I love the little purses I found to match.
2 comments:
Glad to hear you are getting out and hiking again. Your knee surgery has healed very quickly. I don't know of anyone who did so great so fast.
Looks like I need to take more lessons in the crochet field. All I can do are the basic stiches. Really like what you have done.
Keep up all the good work!
yeah, little finn was pretty hot. :)
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