Today I Hear...BIG WORDS!

At 70 degrees, today was an absolutely perfect day for a picnic and a hike at one of the plethora of parks around town. Hmmm, but which park should we choose? Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial at Battle Gardens, of course! (Today being MLK Jr. Day and all!)

We played tag with a family who was there for the official MLK celebration (I guess we missed it by 10 minutes!), had our picnic, read a short bio about Dr. King from our "Tales of Famous Americans" book and read quotes (taken from a variety of his speeches) chiseled on granite pillars in the park. After our short commemoration, we hiked part of the MKT trail. Highlights? Throwing rocks from the old RR bridges to see if we could break the ice (it was deceptively thick!), seeing the red-tailed hawk grab a mouse scampering atop of the ice, and racing to the next exercise station.

Not only did we take advantage of this gift of warm sunshine in the middle of January, we were able to pause to honor a hero of our national history on the day set aside just for that purpose! What better way to meditate on his big words than on a peaceful stroll through a tunnel of trees with the ones we love best?!