Walk After Launching

We had a little time before Mass after launching Steve,

Sophia and I went on a short adventure walk.

So my child...she was just as happy to play

in the gravel, looking at the different colors of grey!

I think she handed me twenty chunks of gravel.

We get our first glimpse of the Red River...

not a very walk welcoming shore line.
Soso trudged over the sticks like a champ.

She never fell, which I thought was a given.
(She saved that for the church parking lot,
more witnesses. She got up and dusted it off.)

She found her thoughtful spot.
She leaned on this log for the longest
time looking out over the water
at the birds and the trees.
Every now and then, she'd point something out to me

and turn to whisper a secret in Soso-ese.

Great Blue

She was excited when the big bird
came and landed right in front of us!

We barely made it back from church...
she crashed again.
It's hard work hiking, then clapping

everytime the organ plays...

Sleep and recharge my friend.

We have a big afternoon planned!