the Way of the Turtle

3 Mile Walk Along the Irondequoit Lakeside Trail
Sunday, March 8, 2009

Ann and I headed up to Durand Eastman Park figuring if the trails were too muddy we could always walk along the paved Irondequoit Lakeside Trail. As usual, we started out with a quick trip down to the beach, which had tons of built up ice and snow between the sand and the open water. Ann speculated about how stable that was and of course decided to walk out on it... unfortunately she get the answer to her question when she broke through and ended up in very cold water up to mid-calf on one leg. Brrr...

After she changed into dry socks and shoes, she decided she didn't want to risk wet trails so we walked down the paved path almost to the end of the new section... that brought back memories of running there back in November for the RT Turkey 5 miler, though today was a little nicer in that it wasn't as windy. Along the way we saw two hawks off in the distance and heard a few red-winged blackbirds off in the wetlands... a nice precursor to the coming warmer weather.

My camera continued to act up today; I suspect it's the LCD screen that's problematic, since the pictures are coming out fine. No big surprise, between 40000 pictures and the beating I've put that camera through. I'm going to order a better model with a stronger optical zoom (woo hoo!) and keep using this one for primarily riskier conditions - wet, cold, etc.

JMH