I didn’t have enough time between meetings today to get in the car and go someplace. Instead I decided to take my usual walk around the “Duck Pond” (officially called Town Pond) and turn that in an official walk. In order for it to count, it had to be at least 3 km, and the normal “long” walk is 2km, so I did an extra lap of the pond.

The pond brings a lot of entertainment at different times of year. There are, of course, the ducks – which I have trained Cali to ignore – ironically by giving her a duck treat if she ignores them. Then there are the turtles that enjoy basking in the sun, the shy mergansers that visit in the spring and fall, and the muskrats that swim and play in the pond.