A lovely walk in the woods

It started out with Canadian Geese making a mess everywhere

on the way to the bridge so looking down was a good thing.

I took a photo of the map, well, because I felt it may come in handy later.

Not that I'm good with maps or anything but hey! be prepared.

I took the green path.

The path is a road, a really nice easy road to walk

 and to my dismay there is more than one road.

I figured to just stay on the outer edge.

How hard could that be...

Well..... I walked down this path partway yesterday to

the beautiful bench and scene of the Mississippi River 

so I felt comfortable and I was staying on the outer edge.

It was beautiful down the path and there was a break

in the wooded action to this lovely waterway.

On the way I saw a couple squirrels scurring about and

squealed like a girl when a gray rock

jumped up at me from the path.

The frog seemed as startled as I was and before

I had the presence of mind to snap his pix he was down the road.

At the end of the this road I ended up in a ball field and playground.

Studying the map did I find a ball field?

Nope.

Did I want to be a girl and go back the same way I came.

Nope.

As I decided that maybe I needed to take a left at this fork

in the road this beautiful doe caught my eye.

Apparently, I caught her eye, too, as we were eyeing each other up

as I creeped down the path wanting a closer photo of course.

Actually, I really wanted  to just get closer.

Of course I'm trying to sweet talk baby girl as I casually stroll

(which is better than creeping) in order to get closer.

Well...she strolled on into the woods I guess not liking what she saw.

I kept on the course where I saw the deer and came up to a highway

and decided that maybe google maps might be of some

assistance.

Nope.

Was I getting a tad nervous.

Nope.

I still had my map LOL.

And pretty scenes to see sooo.......

Out pops another deer.

I had the same chit chat with this one trying to get

closer and she seemed as curious about me as I was her.

So I did get a bit closer and of course, she ran off into the woods.

Again.

But to my surprise there was a sign nailed to a tree.

Aaaannnd it said Tioga Spur.

That rang a bell so off I went on the spur and found 

this hill which I was familiar with because it was on my

first walk in the woods where I kept on the same straight road

and noticed this road (of course I was at the top debating did I want

to take this that day) and did I?

Nope.

However, I knew that I was on the right path home.

Whoohoo..

It was a 3 mile tour on a 1.3 mile loop.

LOL.