The Pond of Mystery

 I had a different idea of what we would do today, but alas, the kids and the weather had me outnumbered. When you have an 80 degree day in the early spring, you've just got to get outside. We always like to take mini-adventures and seek out new parks or local natural areas and I had heard of the mysterious area called Foley's Pond that is quietly tucked away in a relatively populated area. Tonight we took a drive to seek out our mini-adventure and ended up getting a little lost. Of course, when I couldn't find it, Lilia really ramped up the idea of it being the "pond of mystery." Finally, on a normal side street, we came across a sign in front of what appeared to be a long path. After walking away back off the street we came across an open clearing and a beautiful pond. We first noticed the viewing deck that the kids immediately ran to just in time to see two Mallard ducks swimming by. We took a well maintained path around the entire pond, which probably took longer than usual due to Franky's ever pulling desire to throw things into the water. I reminded him that if stopped throwing things, the ducks might swim a little closer. He considered it for a moment, shrugged his shoulders and threw a borderline log into the pond. Because we got to the pond close to dusk, we saw and heard all sorts of birds including Mourning Doves and Red-winged Blackbirds. We even saw a Great Blue Heron take flight overhead. Foley's Pond really turned out to be quite the little treasure.