The other day, it was supposed to be in the low-to-mid 70s with almost no humidity - a nice break from the thick, hot weather we've been having. So we decided to do one of the walks that we'd been putting off - the Battle Road from Concord to Lexington, MA. I hadn't done it since I was very small, and M. had never done it, so what more reason did we need?
It's a moderately-wide dirt track that runs about 2.5 miles one way... not entirely stroller-friendly, so we plopped the Bean in his sling and off we went.
It was a beautiful day, with beautiful fields and forest - only slightly marred by the knowledge that all those purple flowers are a highly-invasive and destructive species.
It got rather warm as we walked... a good deal warmer than the forecast, in fact. Especially for the person with the 20-pound heat source strapped to her back. We were glad we weren't walking nearly as far as the Minutemen.
We didn't make it all the way. It would have been fine either with cooler temperatures or without the added weight of baby and backpack-full-of-food-and-water, but we got about 2 miles before admitting defeat and turning around. And trading baby for pack.
One very cool moment was finding our Bean's name on one of the historical markers:
That, and the howling shark tree. See it?
As tired as we were, Asa was a perfectly happy almost the whole time. He didn't really fuss until a few minutes before we got back to the car, and then slept the whole way home.
And in his Red Sox shirt too! Asa looked a lot happier than either Mommy or Mummy... and a lot more rested!
ReplyDeleteI didn't make Pappap walk the trail... but gave him a Readers' Digest condensed version. Should've brought more Kleenex!
It's funny, I think just about the only thing I took away from freshman biology class was that purple lustrife was an invader species. Wonder what it is about that little tid bit that's so memorable...
ReplyDeleteAsa looks so adorable, as usual - can't wait to see him next week!!
On second look... I'd not noticed before how much your howling shark tree looks like Jen's "kid eating tree". What's with these hostile New England trees? Perhaps they should seek counseling?
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