Everyone had the day off for the MLK Jr. holiday yesterday. The high in Springfield, in the middle of January, was 69 degrees yesterday. That is a day that you have to take advantage of and get some fresh air. So, after a yummy little lunch at Jimmy John's we headed to the nature center. The nature center in Springfield has some wonderful trails on its property. We have never taken advantage of all the trails since in the past we have had Ella in a stroller. She couldn't keep up on the long walks so with the stroller we had to stay on the paved trails.
Yesterday, she was ready to keep up with the rest of us and we hit some of the rockier and hilly paths. It really was beautiful even with nothing in bloom. I would love to go again this spring though to see the trail with some green on it.
We had a wonderful time walking, talking and spending time together as a family. We also stopped along the way to enjoy some of the great outdoors. We skipped rocks in a creek, watched deer eating acorns, counted ducks and looked for state shapes in some of the big rocks along the trail. I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend a day in January.
