marcicat | outdoor adventure day

(It was yesterday. Today it’s raining. Plus, work.)

Anyway, it’s April and that means that I did the 3rd annual April hike along the high ground at the local park.

*Ground conditions: One tiny patch of snow. Some mud and standing water, which could be avoided with minor-to-moderate effort. Better than expected!

*Bug level: Some flying insects, not enough to warrant pulling out the bug repellent. No ticks spotted.

*Weather: Cool enough that I was happy to have long sleeves, balmy enough that I rolled up my pant cuffs and daringly flashed some ankle.

*Seen on the trail: Did not actually find the mullein plants I went looking for, but I did find the spot where I wiped out on the ice in the winter. Also, saw some ducks and geese!

*Community interaction: Took a picture for a family, AND offered a time estimate to some people looking to go fishing (even though I’m, uh, still not entirely sure we were talking about the same lake — look, the park is basically 80% wetlands, there’s a lot of bodies of water — but they decided to stay at the pond we were all looking right at, so at least I know they didn’t get lost).

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