Sunday Stroll

I've decided we live in the coolest neighborhood in the world. After dinner this evening the kids hopped on their bike, we tossed Sicily in the stroller, tied Charlie to the stroller and headed out for a Sunday walk. There's 2 directions we typically take: #1 the Secret Tunnel (actually a golf cart tunnel that goes under the road, or #2 Mountain Biking (a little dirt path that runs by the river. We opted for #2 tonight.

This trail ends in a bridge were there are turtles (not ducks) we like to feed. Well this evening walk turned out a little more eventful than just turtles.

As with any other walk there are always dogs in back yards that bark at you. At one corner, in particular, there is always a dog that barks. But this evening the bark sounded a little funny. So I stopped to take a look. There on top of the fence was a red and green Macaw. He'd copied the sound of the dog that lives there.

I tried to get him to come down, because we thought he was lost. He wouldn't come down so we rang the bell of the house. They said the bird was theirs, and he likes to hang out on the fence.

So we finally make it to the bridge to feed the turtles. There happens to be a duck on the bridge. Charlie made chase and the duck flew off. The turtles came out in droves as we start tossing in the bread. Then something bigger comes along to have some bread. A 6 ft long Alligator. He ate most of the bread, and didn't even go for the turtles who were crawling all over him.

Jared tried to chase the duck into the water, and the alligator tried to catch it, but it flew off. So we threw a few pecans at the alligator instead. Aspen got him in the neck and Jared got him right between the eyes. He just sat there floating and didn't even care.

All in all it was a rather eventful Sunday Stroll.