New Greenery

Adventure Location:

Decatur, Alabama

Date: March 14, 2024

WOW it is two weeks into March already. The OFM is getting old faster it seems.

This morning the OFM chose to take the paved trail right from the start at the Castle. This is the path that we take to the dumpsters and turn back. But this morning we took it outward for a mile and returned on the same pathway so the whole two miles was on the asphalt surface with NO uneven surfaces to worry with. The walk was nice and for the rest of the day we have not had any joint twinges or outright pains.

But the big change in the last two days is the amount of green and flowers that have shown up for our pleasure of seeing them.

Leaving the campground we crossed this little creek that two days ago had no visible greenery but today lots of nice new leaves and other new growth welcomed us with open branches.

And then only fifty feet farther along the OFM looked up to enjoy the bright morning sky and right up there 75 feet into the sky hanging on for dear life was a whole tree top of new green growth telling us spring has sprung. All this is happening very quickly this year. Could our two day ice storn a few weeks ago have instigated this burst of greenery.

But we were not finished with surprises yet. About a quarter mile on down the path was a new patch of flowers and grass showing off for the walkers to ooo and wow at.

And last but far from least, some where around 1730 we happened to feel a bit warm sitting in the Castle next to the open window. We glanced up at the temperature gauge on the dining area wall and it was reading 83F! It is warming up very quickly it seems. Let us hope tomorrow gives us some good ideas about having tooooo much fun.