A couple of evenings before Fathers Day, Annelise and I went for walk down by the river. It was just getting dark when we parked down behind Fort Edmonton Park and walked over to the nearby foot bridge. We crossed the river and took a nice walk through the trees along the shore. There were a bunch of bats flitting around above us, catching mosquitoes.
A couple of days later, the whole family went out for a walk on Father's Day. Much to my delight, the girls did not get me any gifts this year. Instead we spent a wonderful afternoon together. We started out at Wagner Natural Area, west of the city, near Spruce Grove. It was kind of hard to get into the mood of a nature walk with the noise of the nearby highway. Traffic was very busy heading back into the city on this Sunday afternoon and the drone of tires on pavement was not very calming. There were lots of Lady's Slippers blooming here, much like there had been at Faraway, a few days earlier. But, the Marl Ponds were mostly dried up, and there were no frogs and very little wildlife.
We wrapped up our walk in short order, after I had taken a couple of photos with the big camera. Then we headed south to Clifford Lee Natural Area near Devon. It seemed as though the water levels here were higher. Both Natural Areas were busy with a lot of people walking, and the parking areas were full. At Clifford Lee there were a lot of ducks and coots on the pond, and they were very tame. They were right up beside the boardwalk with their new hatchlings, and weren't frightened of people in the slightest. We enjoyed watching them and managed to get a few snapshots.
After our stroll at Clifford Lee we headed back into the city and went over to Mimi's Pub. We had a nice dinner together, and ended up visiting with some of our neighbors that were also there. It was a great way to spend a beautiful June afternoon and Father's Day.
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