Walk in the woods with Bridget

Last Thursday Bridget and I had the rare opportunity of day just to ourselves. The big girls were at school and the cousins were all on a field trip, and it was a beautiful day. I talked it over with Bridge and she really wanted to go to the tire park.  It is a state park with a playground made of recycled tires. We packed a snack and off we went. The tire park only has a few things that Bridget likes to play on, one is a series of tires half buried in the ground. She walked across them over and over, while I held her hand. We chatted as she stretched from tire to tire. Then we decided to walk on one of the hiking trails. It was a little cool in the shade of the tall trees but we warmed up as we got moving. Bridget pointed things out a long the way and slid her little hand in mine as we walked. Bridget was hoping to find a waterfall but no luck on this trail. She followed the blue trail markers and I got a chance to really enjoy her talkativeness. She lived up to her Jabberjaws nickname as we walked. We only spent a couple of hours at the park but it was perfect. We time we spent together enjoying creation and each other, hand in hand.