A Perfect Day for A Picnic

Danielle wanted to know if I wanted to go to Heckrodt with her and Gavin. It was the first nice day we had in almost 2 months, of course I wanted to go. She mentioned having a picnic lunch. I was like pack extras.. I like picnics. I told her I had carrots, cheese, and pretzels which we had to cram into Danielle's backpack because I didn't think about how to lug food through Heckrodt.

Before we could actually have a picnic, we had to walk to work up our appetites or something like that. Since I normally go right instead of left when I go to Heckrodt, I was not quite sure where we were going to have our picnic. Turns out it was at the end of the hike (or the beginning of my usual hike).

But we had to get there first. We encountered a few pit stops along the way. First we had came to the play area which I secretly always wanted to play in anyways. They had an obstacle course of sorts where you go to pretend you were animals... You had to scamper like a fox across the log... swing like a monkey on the vine.. climb like a spider up the net.

The log was fairly easy once I found my balance. It's been a while since I had to walk across a balance beam or log.

The vine on the other hand was a bit more challenging. Part of the problem was it was made for kids and I was too tall. I kept wanting to put my feet down. Eventually I was able to make it across the "water" without putting my feet down until I reached the other side. Now mind we are only talking a span of four or five feet. I have to admit as scared as I was (what for not sure since it was like a foot off the ground), it was a blast trying to make it to the other side.

After I attempted to perfect my vine swinging, we continued down the trail looking for wildlife and enjoying nature. We saw a mama goose sitting on her nest.

We also saw turtles and baby turtles. Those we adorable. It's the first time I turtles at Heckrodt.

After our turtle sighting, it was time for our picnic. We crossed the bridge and set up lunch on a brand new picnic table. It was a nice little (healthy) fest in nature. Everything was bite sized and perfect for a picnic. Next time I think though I need to have an adult picnic with adult beverages...

Believe it or not that was only my second picnic I've been on and the first in over a dozen years. I think though Danielle and I have more picnic adventures in our future especially with the Trestle Trail Loop almost done.