All Downhill From Here

Some friends and I took another fellow Penguin from out of town for a sunset walk along the reservoir last night. We were out for about 75 minutes and saw huge flocks of Canada geese converging overhead. Hundreds! They flew so low over us we could hear their wings buzzing.

We had thought about showing Bird-Woman the rabbit trail, where we run the roller-coaster-like Weaselhead XC every February, but the trail was too slippery and we hadn’t brought shoes with enough traction. We stuck to the paved path instead. The paved path had ice, too, but it was mostly avoidable.

Ice really isn’t so bad. It doesn’t move, like ‘gators or snakes. I can hop over it or around it. If I really need to go on it, most of the time momentum and a little balance keep me going, provided I’m prepared for it.