What a fun day! We bought Subway sandwiches to pack for a picnic lunch in the park. We stopped at the same place we'd been 10years earlier. It was fun to remember that time when the kids were all little. They don't remember it (except reading it in the blog), but it was nostalgic for me & dad. We drove up the steep parts of the road further up and parked. Then we rode our bikes up the mountain to a nature center. We enjoyed the bird sanctuary and saw several different kinds of birds: House Finches, Cardinals, Woodcocks, Goldfinches, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, and White-Breasted Nuthatches. We also watched the squirrels compete for the bird seed. One squirrel in particular was trying to work around the "squirrel-proof cones" meant to prevent them from getting to the seed. A group of people had gathered in the observing area with us. They too were watching the same squirrel: it ran up a tree, down a very thin branch, and leapt on top of the roof of the bird feeder. Everyone cheered and clapped! It was funny!
The views were so pretty on this ride. We stopped near the tower we climbed the other day to hang out on the open grassy area. We had snacks and played frisbee for awhile. We rode back down to the van. I opted to ride back down the rest of the way, and Perry came with me. It was really fun to go down so fast and take in the beautiful trees and fall colors! The weather was perfect today and the breeze on the way down was refreshing. It was fun to do that with my Perr.
After showering we watched more "Next Gen Chef: CIA". Then we walked around some more shops where I saw some beautiful Christmas Nativities (thinking about buying one). We walked further to have dinner at the Brown County Inn. It was a cool old lodge with some really good food. We enjoyed the path there on Salt Creek Trail. They had cool games outside the Inn like shuffle board and mini golf. They only played one hole: the metal loopy-loop. :) We'd never seen a hole like that. It was cool, but loud! ha ha
We headed back to the rental and watched a show snuggling together. Then went to bed; crashed actually cuz we were all tired!
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