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{Outdoor Fun} Into the Puddles We Go

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Outdoor Fun - Into the Puddles We Go
I joked with JDaniel when we started this trail in Conestee Park that it looked like we would be walking the plank. He laughed and commented that we weren’t pirates and that there weren’t any alligators. Thank goodness there weren’t alligators.

As you can see in the picture above there was water covering some of the trails. We had had several days of rain and apparently it didn’t have any place to go. It wasn’t more than a few inches deep so I thought that we would be fine if we continue hiking. (If this were a movie instead of a blog post, you would hear some ominous music being played.)

After walking a short ways, we came to an overlook. There were all sorts of plants and may have been some animals. The water was super muddy so we couldn’t look below the surface.  It is hard to see the sign, but it shows how the water has moved over time from a wide river with a few side waterways to a narrow river with fewer still waterways. 
Truly it looks like there is less water there than there has been in the years past on the sign. It didn’t look that way to us when we picked up the trail to finish our hike. In fact, it looked like water was taking over every piece of land that it could.
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We noticed that after a there was a lot of water lapping at the planks on the trail. (The planks should have been a dead giveaway that this trail gets wet often. ) I am not huge in walking through puddles I tend to walk around them, but as a boy mom, I thought I should do a boy mom thing and join my son in the watery walk.
If you look carefully you will see that the planks are actually under the water just before they make a turn. Yes, the planks are submerged. I told JDaniel we could continue walking if he stayed on the planks. I wasn’t sure how deep the water was on the sides of the planks. JDaniel offered to find out for me, but I discouraged him.

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It turned out we didn’t need to step off of the planks. The planks just became more and more covered by water. Seriously inches of water. My shoes started to squeak and water started squirting out of the spaces between my shoelaces.
“This is so much fun!” JDaniel declared. I am so thankful that he was walking in front of me and didn’t see my body language as he made that statement.  I was trying to have fun and not complain. This was fun in a way!

I would love to say that the rest of the path was dry, but it was a lot of what we had already walked through. We walked into, over and around puddles on the rest of the trail. JDaniel was in dirt covered, sneaker squishing heaven.

It has continued to rain here for the last eight days or so. JDaniel has been asking to go back to see what the trail looks like now. I have suggested that we wait to see what the trail looks like after a few days of Carolina heat beating down on it. Until then he will have an amazing tale of outdoor fun!

I will always remember that into the puddles I went. I think my shoes will too.
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  1. Another fun thing to do with him sometime. Take him out to walk and play in the rain. A warm rain and mud puddles can be fun. – Mama Carmody

  3. Better to get wet on the trail than muddy at the playground is my take. The Paris Mountain trails have been just muddy enough to satisfy my boys, I’ll have to bring them to Conestee for the real thing!

  4. What adventurous fun!Wonderful that you let him keep exploring through the water…very brave! Looks like such a lovely spot even with all the water.

  7. It looks totally alligator-y! I guess it depends on where you live. I used to babysit two boys who would explore watery walks for hours on end. Finally one day their parents gave me rainboots to wear so I could follow them every which way. It was fun!

  9. I laughed at your body language comment, hahahaa. Kids DO love that kind of thing, and it’s fun that you kept on and let him do it. 🙂

  11. we love going on fun walks as a family! this looks like a great spot for outdoor fun!

  15. Those trails were wet…wow! Now you will have to go back and try and remember where the water was. I am thinking Brad would have been jumping in that water…lol!

  18. What a fun day! Stepping in puddles and just having fun- that is what life is all about!

  20. Looks like perfect fun for any young man! I would certainly like to have some of that rain. We’ve not had a good rain for over a month now.

  27. What an intriguing adventures!

    You two need some boots!

    Perhaps the hip-high kind!

    Thanks for the smile!

    And thanks for linking to Alphabe-Thursday’s Letter “I”.

    A+++

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