Late morning hike in the nature preserve

This morning after a quick stop at Panera for some bagels, we headed over to campus to eat our carbs and hike in the preserve. It was a gorgeous day out, alternating sun and a few clouds, but so much wildlife to see!

Here we are starting on the loop around the lake.

Crash takes a water break. This was his first time with us on a hike here. We let him off the leash (although dogs are supposed to be leashed, we put him on when people approached) and he came every time he was called. This bodes well for him getting to go with us again :)

Summer Dave

Molly held up the tree until all of us made it pastThree super cute kids
They found the hidden grotto
Click on this picture to enlarge. We are *pretty sure* that it is a Baltimore Oriole. It was wicked cool!!!!
Lovely view of the hills around the pond and bridge. Lots of Canada geese out teaching their babies how to swim. Flying is next week!!!