Small Adventure

Our two major trips were cancelled this year. But there is joy in small trips too. Sarah had told us about York River Park and Fossil Beach. James keeps an eye on the weather forecast and announced excited that Monday May 4 was supposed to be a day we should consider doing something a little more exciting than walking in the neighborhood.

And a gorgeous day it was! We started at 9:30 am for the nearly one hour drive.

Close to the parking and the visitor center (closed of course) was an osprey nest. You can see it on a pole in the water. Right away we noticed that we should have brought our binoculars. Forgot! We decided that it looked like that there was at least one chick in the nest.

We decided on the trail to Fossil Beach. 

Sarah was right, it is a lovely place. There is actually it is tidal and it was high at this time so the beach was a bit narrow. There were a few people besides us but it was not crowded at all.

Looking for fossils is definitely better at low tide. But there were some interesting things.

A little child got the shoes wet. See them? The mother knew what to do.

Lovely wisteria.

We walked another trail back to the car. First we looked again at what the ospreys were doing but still no adult. We had packed our lunch and enjoyed it on a picnic bench in the sun before we headed home again. What a nice outing. We need to do this more often.

Here is a clever thing. I found amusing. Can't have enough of this right now. 

Have you figured it out? It would be nice if you would write it into the comments for me.

Thank you!