Just a walk in the park...

This past weekend I visited my parents in Grand Rapids. My dad signed up to walk the half marathon in the Detroit Free Press races in October. He is very excited about it. He's going to walk with a good buddy of his. I hope the weather is as nice for them as it was in 2007 when I ran (err, hobbled) the entire 13 miles. He's getting himself ready by walking to and back from work (about 3 miles each way). On the weekend he goes for longer walks and alternates in short spurts of running. As you can imagine, I got suckered into going out with him last Saturday. I went to bed so early and slept so well that I woke up refreshed by about 8am---a totally rare occurrence. Anyways, the air was warm, the sun was bright and we had a nice route through Calvin college. We were gone for about 90 minutes. We tried scurrying down some tight dirt paths with brambles and mud. We found a way to cut over to Lake Drive instead of staying on the high traffic road. It was a fabulous start to the day! This picture was taken by my mom when we got back home :)