The Preserve

Going along with the trail talk I thought I'd post about our trip to the Preserve in Hoover, AL. I grew up on the other side of the land now known as the Preserve, though at the time it was just "the woods." I would go in and explore the woods and walk on this trail that they built when they constructed all these power lines at one point. I used to take my dog Mister and wander.

The Preserve is part housing development, part nature preserve. As ridiculous as that seems to me, it is a very pretty place. Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of photos of it currently. When we went it was still snowy in places and slick in others. It's up in Bluff Park, which is a pretty hilly place, so some hills I was afraid I was going to fall down (I even almost did--that same hill I watched some guy run down... thanks guy for making me feel like a loser).

I packed a back-pack instead of his diaper bag and Patrick wore him and off we went. At first we checked out the boulder fields, which are a popular spot for rock-climbing (not that I've ever done that), but they're also just pretty to look at.

Lupe had to be put up there.

Unfortunately the climbers there that day were staring at us like we were weirdos, I don't know why. I mean, I'm guilty of staring at them while they climb, but that's just because I'm impressed (especially at these people who can climb up a rock wall without rope and barely any cracks to grab onto). So we moved on from here pretty quickly. 

Still the boulder fields.

After that I didn't want to go further down-hill so we struggled back up the slick hill we'd gone down and went over to walk on just a simple trail. I didn't really get any photos of it, though. It was nice but we got to another slick spot I was nervous about and decided it was best to turn around as it was right above a hill.

I did get this photo of Wiley being fed while walking on the trail, though.

Once spring hits I look forward to us getting back out there and really having fun now that Wiley is bigger and seems to enjoy the sights on the trails we're on.