The cooler (cooler as in not 100 degrees all day) temps have made it so enjoyable to be outside more on this trip than in many past. We spent Tuesday hiking and having a picnic with the pups. We took part of the Bakba trail here to the Pineywoods Boardwalk trail. The Pineywoods trail is all boardwalk as to be accessible for wheelchairs and walkers as this park is on a bird watching trail. The Pineywoods trail basically does a large loop which passes by a little frog pond where we saw no frogs but has a cute little picnic area, and then leads to the duck pond where we saw a turtle. They have a bird blind set up there to help attract birds and birdwatchers. There are some benches to relax on and pretty flowers which would also bring in birds. Towards the end of the trail was an area where we were able to sit a bit, attaching the dogs to a few posts we had the sandwiches we brought and enjoyed the pretty view. The trail ended at the road about a half mile from our campsite and we walked the rest of the way along the road.
By the time we got back to camp the pups were absolutely exhausted and they both walked in the camper and crashed in whatever bed or chair they found. Before we had left for the hike we started some stew in the slow cooker of the Ninja Foodi (our favorite gadget) and it made for an easy dinner when we were tired later on from the hike.
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