Monday, March 4, 2013

Tuesday, February 26th - around the neighborhood

Umm....oops. We did go for our weekly walk, I just totally forgot to write about it. We didn't mark anything out of the books again this week; Katje's son was home with the flu and we're both a little burned out by all those cookies, so we stuck close to home and just walked our neighborhood. We have a few standard walks around the area, and a favorite is up through Metzger Park, then down Cedarcrest to Washington Drive. This week we decided to do it.....in reverse order! Exciting! Okay, not really, but it's a nice walk. I've always thought of Metzger Park as kind of smallish, but I looked it up and it's a full 7 acres, with a nice play area, tennis courts and a hall that can be rented out for special occasions. If you're currently planning a wedding reception, school auction or some other event and are looking for a venue in the Tigard area, this is a nice space and really conveniently located.

We followed the path to the other side of the park, and headed up Locust Street. Walking past Metzger Elementary (where all of our kids went to school) we saw only a couple of geese in the upper field. During spring and fall migrations this field is absolutely thick with geese – and with goose poop. It's going to be kind of nice this year not having to worry about how icky Field Day is going to be. We continued up Locust to Greenberg and hung a right, bringing us to our old nemesis, the Greenberg Road hill, which is not particularly steep and not particularly long, but for some reason it's the worst part of any neighborhood walk. I have no clue why. We hauled it up the hill, past the cemetery and then circled back around to home. Easy walk (apart from that stupid hill), only around a couple of miles and bonus points for not having to drive there. However, after two weeks off the books we're ready for something a little more adventurous. I'll be sure to write my blog entry and post it on time this week...

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