Memorial Day Happenings

On Monday, May 31, 2011, we three, Kirk, Emily, and I celebrated Memorial Day by taking our bikes over to Elm Creek Park.  This is a most incredible park of some 3000 acres.  I love that some very wise and insightful people reserved this wonderful area.  There are several bike trails that loop in and around the park, a swim hole (affectionately called by us "The Beach"), X Cross Country trails and a "ski," (that's for you Utah folks!), snowboarding and tubing hill (used at appropriate times during the year).  It is just a wonderful piece of nature with varying topography to enjoy.   These are the days that I feel most fortunate to live in such a beautiful part of the world. We hope that you, too, did something fun and enjoyable on a day off from regular life happenings!

This is our new friend, a prehistoric snapping turtle, discovered along the bike trail.  Yikes!  Check out his claws. 

The 3 Riders
(Notice my eye patch!  I don't know why the camera put that there...strange!)
Come and join us sometime!