Sore Legs

Today I went for a run for the first time in probably about 6 months. I didn’t go that far; I would estimate that I went a little over a mile. When I got back to our apartment complex, I decided to walk straight down the road, rather than turning right towards our street. I walked to the end of that street, and realized that there’s a pond between that street and ours. It’s still half frozen over, but there was a large white swan and two black ducks with white spots in the pond as I walked past. Since I was feeling adventurous, I took a right turn into the woods to try to cut over to our street or to get near out apartment. I followed the tracks that some kids made with their quads and made my way back to our apartment. My legs felt pretty sore, especially my calves.
When I went inside, I told my wife about the pond and she was really excited since she loves animals and nature. She was busy with school work, but asked me if we could take a walk over to the pond at her next break. I agreed to go back.
A half an hour later we made our way through the woods. Trish brought some stale Ritz crackers, and fed the swan. The ducks were no longer there, so the swan got a snack all to itself. I was making stupid comments like “Mmmmm stale Ritz buttery-goodness” as the swan finally started to chomp on the now soggy crackers. When the sleeve of crackers was gone, we walked out of the woods a different way, and wound up by where I park my truck. As we got near our apartment I told her how I came back earlier and pointed to the trail close to our building. We decided to walk past our door and keep going in the opposite direction. We got back on the quad-forged path and found yet another pond. We walked around it and saw some ducks. I’m not sure but they might have been the same ones I saw earlier in pond #1. Anyway, we went up a large hill and found what looked like a tree farm. There were mostly bushes, arranged in a deliberate fashion, in an otherwise empty field.
This hike added more soreness to my legs and took about a half an hour but it was a lot of fun to explore the area right near our building that we never knew existed. The ponds were nice surprises in particular. Next time I will bring my camera. I was kicking myself for not bringing it today. We’re definitely going to go for more adventures through the woods, and I’ll post pictures here next time.