We had a fun weekend, and cousin Lyssa stopped by on her way to and back from the Lake. The kids kept looking for her in the mornings, after she'd gone. Especially Sadie, who is much more comfortable with Lyssa than she is with most people.
On Sunday we went for a hike at this funny little preserve that you've probably driven by a hundred times and never even known about. Unless you live someplace else, that is. It's called the Winkler Botanic Preserve and it's a beautiful little pocket of woods and streams and waterfalls, tucked right back up against I-395, with the entrance hidden behind a bunch of garden apartment buildings. They have a big 1930's log-cabin style lodge and a full ropes course. They must do retreats, but there was strangely no official website that I could find.
Here are some pictures:
