Happy New Year!

We went for a new walk to celebrate, naturally. This one is very nicely paved, so even though it has been raining a lot Edie got to get down and do some walking too. No puddles. No mud. However, it is in Easley.

There is also a crazy park (crazy because of the playground equipment, part of the new wave in playgrounds these days - you'll see soon) with bathrooms IN A BOXCAR! John was ecstatic.

John was very excited to say Happy New Year! to everybody. He got discouraged when some of the bikers didn't hear him or respond. Eventually he got cranky enough that he started saying HAPPY NEW YEAR when people had almost passed us by, which scared them. I explained that this was scary and not ok, and he overcorrected to say happy new year and no one responded, again. But by then the walk was almost over. It's hard, figuring out these social norms.

There are mile markers on the path, every tenth of a mile. This was just far enough for Oscar to run ahead and still be in sight. We walked 3 miles! We walked for an hour before deciding to turn around - the walk back took only thirty minutes. I think we moved faster because I was doling out individual popcorns to Edie - John - Oscar - this kept them focused on staying next to me. Pretty good trick!

John's green shorts were dirty. Luckily he agreed that his green bathing suit would be a good overshorts substitute.