Wanderings

I walked Shady over to the Kaysville ponds today. There were a number of pelicans in addidion to the usual ducks and geese, and I always enjoy looking at pelicans. Unfortunately they were nervous animals, and this is the best picture I could get. The large white bird near the reeds is a pelican.
Last night we took our walk in City Creek Canyon in Salt Lake. I had never been there before so it was something of an adventure. Apparently the paved road goes all the way to the top of the canyon, but we didn't walk that far. It is closed to traffic so there are just a lot of walkers, bikers, and joggers. It is a little crowded for my taste, but not as bad as the Legacy Parkway trail. I am on the Enrichment Committee at work, and they have asked me if I would perhaps start a dog walking group, so I am looking for a spot where a bunch of people can get together to walk their dogs. I know a lot of good places out here, but not many in Salt Lake, so City Creek Canyon may be the spot.

I also had an adventure on roller blades last week that I forgot to blog. In my never ending quest to wear my dog out I decided to try roller blading with her. I took her over to the trail that runs between Kaysville and Farmington one afternoon and we set off. As you start on the trail on the Kaysville side you have to go up a little hill, then the trail is fairly flat. We did really well until we came back to the little hill on our way back to the car. There were three teenage boys walking a ways ahead of me, so I waited for them to reach the bottom of the hill and get far enough ahead of me that I thought I could slow down before I reached them. Unfortunately with an excited coonhound pulling me I did not slow down in time. I yelled to the boys to get out of my way, and they just glanced back at me and stayed where they were, so I had to throw myself down on the side of the trail. It wouldn't have been a bad fall except that the side of the trail was covered with puncture weeds. I ended up with about 20 puncture weeds broken off under my skin on my right knee as well as some on my hand and elbow. It took me several days to get all of the thorns out and I decided that roller blading was probably not the best idea for me. I will stick with walking from now on.