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Today Rose and I took the boys to Mosquito Hill Nature Center in New London. This is a place we used to go when we were dating. We'd hike to the top of the hill, throw a frisbee, stomp on bubble wrap that Rose had found in her parents garage. You know, the usual stuff of dates.
The day was unbeievabley perfect: 65 degrees and as sunny as could be. It was our hope to give the boys their six-ish a.m. feeding and then head out for the hike, but of course that didn't quite work out. Nevertheless, we didn't give up on our plans, we just adjusted. We waited until after the boys' 9:00 feeding and then we packed them up, hit the road, and headed out to New London .
It was really nice driving the back roads of the Valley. I've spent a lot of time on many of the roads we drove on a bike, but strangely, I'm usually concentrating so hard on the ride that I don't really get a chance to look around. This was different, and I was reminded how pretty Wisco' country can be.
The hike was short - about a mile-and-a-half - but it was so nice to be out in comfortable pants weather with the boys. They slept the whole time, but Rose and I enjoyed the mini adventure.
I'm really looking forward to fall here in Wisconsin. It's been about eight years since I've experienced a true fall. In Seattle, you get a really protracted fall, and then it starts raining. In Santa Barbara, locals claimed there was an autumn season, but I was skeptical. It seemed like summer there, year-round. Not that there's anything wrong with that; it was great. But being from the midwest, I missed the changes in season. So I'm looking forward to cool, crisp days, Packers games; maybe some mountain biking, and more hiking with the boys.
Truth be told though, I'm really not looking forward to winter at all. After all, it's also been about eight years since I've experience a full winter here. We moved back right at the tail-end of this past winter, so we got just a little taste. So I'm dreading the cold. Of course we may end up moving before too long and avoiding the whole thing, but for now I'm looking forward to more days like this one.
