Monday and Spring Break!

Monday, we drove to the Ravines in Palatka (after our handyman arrived to clean out our gutters). We enjoyed a beautiful, fairly brisk hike on the Azalea trail, took just an hour. Ford was a little sore by the end, but a good trooper as he usually wants to walk very slow! More people came as we were leaving (11:30 a.m.) so we enjoyed meeting only 4 or 5 families during our walk. We wore masks inside the building, and wore them briefly as groups walked past us. A family (mother) recognized us from the Orange Park UMC church! We chatted a bit about not going to church, she said the same, with three boys, they were sure to make others uncomfortable, being in close proximity. 

Entrance fee was $5 on your honor - put in envelop and display the tag on your rear view mirror (which we did not read the rules first and just put the $5 cash directly in the box).

Ready to start!

I liked this garden poem:

I told Ford that the trail walk was nice, fairly easy pathway - then he saw the SIGN! The Azalea trail was marked with red paint, but we still got lost near the end.

Lots of steps, changes in elevation, narrow paths and lovely bridges. The very bottom has a pond and running stream, very flat, easier walking on the "Yellow" trail.

Selfie at the end of our walk, sun in our eyes.

Selfie halfway through our walk, even got AA laughing:

Wonderful day, high 70's, sunny! We went to Angel's diner to patronize a local business, the "cook to order" food took about 20 minutes, then we found a parking spot in the shade and ate in the car, not our preferred way, but Angel's was busy and the picnic tables we saw at the boat ramp/park were all taken. Ford had the burger, which was HUGE, I splurged on the fried fish basket (onion rings were delicious, not the fries). AA had a grilled cheese sandwich.

Home by 1:30 p.m. to check on Ginger, have a little rest, then AA was ready for her golf lesson (and played 7 holes with Coach).

We went to the River House, met Hugh, Maureen and Kathy out on the deck. It was nice weather, but the strong breeze off the river brought cooler temperatures, we all wore a sweater/jacket and enjoyed our visit.