A long walk

Went for a long walk last week.... to one of my favorite places.



I walked along a deer trail for awhile....



until I came to a major cattle trail....



followed the cattle trail through the brush and trees.....



until I came to the sandy creek bed....



not much water but it felt nice and cool..



I had hoped to chase a few minnows but there were none in sight. :)



saw some whitetail buck tracks.. (you can see the dew claws)



the whitetail doe tracks were pretty thick in the area.



so were the turkey tracks...



and the coyotes...



one of my soggy sneaker tracks ( I had to play in the water with my tennies on. :))



and a hereford cow track..... from about a 3 yr old hereford, ready to calve in about 2 weeks...



there are so many deer trails to explore...



I brought my lunch, a leftover blueberry pancake from breakfast and a cool sip of water...




enjoyed the meal while sitting on a log.



things are greening up...





saw a few baby sand hill plums. :)



and the wild grapes have a good start.




heading back to the pickup..



took a break on the tailgate...



aak... I was wind blown, dirty and tired from the day-long hike, but it wasn't anything a nice bubble bath and a glass of wine wouldn't cure. (I'm washable :))

I felt filthy, happy and recharged.



In case you wondered how I knew so much about the cow by the track she left...
I saw her walk by. :)