On the Road Again......



Which way do we go?
Which way do we go????

Wait!!  On the Trail Again! :)

   We did it!!  Charlotte and I went on our trail walk, today! 

   It was decided that we would have Toby join us.   He was on a mission.  His mission, should he have chose to accept it, was to stay ahead of Charlotte at all times!!  There was only a couple of times that he allowed her to walk ahead of him.  It was because there was an interesting smell that he had to go and check out.  Then he would race ahead to pass her up, then he trotted so as to show us the way to go. :)

   It was very hard to take pictures because I would stop and they didn't think that I should do that.  Once the camera even hit the dirt.  It still works, and yet, I could use a new camera!  ;)

   We walked the trail by Korth Park, and I took it towards Lake Mills for this adventure.  It wasn't long and I was at the trestle bridge.  I wanted to go down to the water's edge, but neither dog would have anything to do with that!  Toby even pulled himself out of his harness to make his point clear!  We turned around and headed back to the car.  Next time we will take the trail towards Cottage Grove.

   It was water for the puppies before we got in the car.  There I talked to a nice young man getting his gear on and his Trek bike ready for his trail ride.  We chatted about biking, snowboarding, and stuff.  Told him that my sister likes the John Muir bike trails and he told me that I was the second person to tell him about that place.  He told me that he would now have to look it up and go there!  Toby made another friend, Charlotte held back behind me.  We said our goodbyes and I headed for home.  What made this young man remarkable was this, his left arm was not fully formed, and he obviously never let it stop him or slow him down.  His personality and outlook was amazing!  I hope to run into him again and see if he ever did try the J.Muir trails. 

   After meeting such a young man with such a positive attitude and overcoming a major/minor? setback, I have to ask myself..... What is my problem?  Why do I let so many things hold me back?  From getting fit, losing weight, getting my business off the ground, getting all paperwork in order, blah, blah, blah????  My heart is just not in much of anything, except getting back into my spiritual side.  And I drag myself around everyday, just hoping to get through it and then go to bed.  Today, I talk with such a person who obviously isn't letting anything slow him down.  Okay, Kathy, you need a boot in the butt!  Wow!  This has given me more to reflect on!  I must not beat myself up tooo bad, for I did have a pretty preductive day.  Didn't get done all that I wanted to, but I got so much more done today, than I have in a long time.  Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps.......

   Here are some pictures that I did manage to take.....



Love the little details on this group of mini flowers.

This is as close as the puppies would let me get to the lake!

This is a really different flower.

Up close.

I love how the light is shining through these berries.

Beautiful butterflies that loved the milkweed flowers.