A Walk in the Woods

My husband Larry and I celebrated July 4th morning this year by taking a walk at one of our favorite places, Steinke Basin, which is a lesser traveled part of Devil's Lake State Park.  It was one of those perfect summer days that you just wish you could package up and open again and again when the weather's fowl.  This particular day, the sun's rays were warm, but the breeze was cool.  You could walk uphill at a brisk pace in the shade of the many trees and feel as if you were being fanned as you went along.  We normally reward ourselves at the top of the bluff with a brief sit on a strategically placed bench, but alas, on that day, a family had beaten us to it.  So, we turned around and retreated back down the hill, listening to the birdsong, watching the flutter of butterflies in our path, and feeling the heavenly cool breezes fan away the perspiration.  That walk in the woods was a quiet, delightful way to start our holiday.