Sunny Sunday

This morning Matt and I awoke and went for an early morning swim. We went to the smaller of the two outdoor pools and had the place to ourselves, so it was perfect for swimming a couple of leisurely laps before heading back home for a breakfast of coffee and croissant with marmalade. Mmmm Mmmm.

After breakfast we packed up a picnic and headed out to Bradley Woods Reservation for a walk around Bunns lake. It was only a 25 minute drive away.

After walking around the lake and following some trails through the beautiful woods we got back in the car and headed towards Huntington Park, another 10 minutes away. We stopped here to eat our picnic.

Huntington Park is right next to Lake Erie and therefore also boasts a swimming beach. The place was very busy towards the lake and, as we had our dogs, we decided that we would head to the beach one night this week after work for a picnic and swim. We haven't yet seen the beach, we assumed that there would be no dogs allowed, so instead we headed back to the quieter area to follow some more trails.

It's really nice to be able to have these areas so close by. They are very well looked after (i.e. the bins are changed frequently, there are recycling dumps in each park and lots of courtesy doggy doo doo bags.). They are also free to get into!!!!

When we got home we had 2 tired but happy dogs who were more than willing to take a nice long nap :)

For dinner tonight we had a Sicilian fish stew.
When he have digested for a while we are going to hit the fitness center for some exercising :)

It's been a great day! We also have a circus and county fair to look forward to over the coming few weeks :)