A Sunday Stroll

The summer has been filled with hot, humid and wet weather so the regular walks that Sam and I were going on, came to an abrupt end sometime around the beginning of August. We would get out from time to time but with nowhere near the regularity we would like - for both our physical, as well as our mental health.

Finally though, it was a beautiful day on Sunday. For the first time in what seems like forever, Sam and I went for a walk along the Canalside Rail Trail. It was kind of surprising how quiet the place was. Usually the place is pretty busy.

Off to the right, in the picture above, is a small water park and playground, and beyond them are a couple of ball fields and basketball courts and a picnic area. There's plenty to do, even if you don't want to go for a walk, and usually there are plenty of people doing it. But on Sunday, there were only a handful of people around. Not sure why that was, especially considering the weather as so nice.

Also missing was the family of geese that had been around for most of the summer. Usually, they occupied the patch of land between the river and the walkway. They tended to keep to themselves as long as we kept to ourselves - each of us pretending that the others weren't there.

The last time we saw the geese was weeks ago, during one of our, by then, infrequent walks. The young ones had grown to a point where they were nearly indistinguishable from their parents. The only giveaway was in how the parents would still hover over them if it looked as if someone might approach, or if it looked like the no longer little-ones might be heading into danger.

It seems early for the geese to have left for the season - especially with the weather still being so warm. It's hard to believe that winter will be approaching in a few short months, but if the coming months go by a fast as the ones before them, winter will be here all too soon.

Hopefully, Sam and I will get out more and more, once the weather turns cool, but before it turns cold. And hopefully we'll be able to see that family of geese, at least one more time - before they head away.