We went on a walk/hike yesterday to a local greenway. I forgot the camera, so no pictures, but it was lovely and you can try imagining it for yourself. The weather had scattered thunderstorms, so I brought an umbrella, but didn’t think much else of the weather. Scattered thunderstorms back in Utah usually means you might hit rain, but you are probably going to be okay and I never worry too much. The drive there was fine, but the sky continued to deepen in color as we pulled up to the parking lot. We exited into a slight drizzle and headed out along the greenway.

Within ten minutes it was pouring rain and we were huddling under the one umbrella I brought. I remembered that I had thrown a couple of ponchos into the van while I was at my mom’s back before we moved here. I thought they might come in handy and after putting them in had I promptly forgotten about them.  With the three of us huddling under one umbrella, they were quickly brought back into mind and we walked back to the car to pick them up.

At this point, we decided to go to a different starting point of the greenway and on our drive there found a covered pavillion and had a little picnic. Then we took off again, this time better equiped for the still pouring rain with our ponchos. There wasn’t a poncho for Peter, so he got the umbrella. This resulted in a lot of funny moments of a parent running after him trying to keep an umbrella over his head, while he didn’t care one way or another about getting wet.

The greenway headed off into a wetland and the majority of what we walked was a wide board walk. We did pass a few other people, one runner who was as wet as if he dunked himself a pool but still going at it anyway, and the rest with appropriate variations of rain gear. Mostly it was pretty quite and we were by ourselves. In the wetland something was making a terribly loud mating call or other sound. I wish I knew enough to know what it the world it was. Combine the mating call, rain, and mossy surrondings, it was quite an enjoyable walk.

It only lasted about a half mile, and then we all were sufficiently done with getting various exposed parts of our body wet and headed back home. But I’m glad the rain didn’t stop us from having an enjoyable time outdoors. With all the rain here, I think I might find myself indulging in a pair of cute galoshes for Peter.

*For all those interested we hike the Ivy Creek Greenway in George Pierce Park.