The Adventures of Sunsette -- Nova Scotia again, May 6

[Alliecat]

“Here we are again! Things have not been going particularly swimmingly… Aside from the bad weather forecast, there was a racket with baggage claim — the suitcase came this time but they were unloaded at a different terminal like 20 miles away — and then at the hotel, and then with getting a working phone. Then we had the aforementioned tornado warning. And yesterday Mum found the poison ivy in the backyard so we lost an entire day hunting for stuff to decontaminate shoes. (BRAND NEW shoes, of COURSE.)
“We were also warned about some little stinging nettle-y thing but we haven’t seen that [yet].”

“Today we planned to go to a dinosaur-track park but thanks to all the recent rain, the tracks are not visible. So we went to Cleburne State Park instead.
“Texas Hiking Lesson Number One: stay in the middle of the trail, keep your elbows in, and DON’T EFFING TOUCH ANYTHING!! Especially if it’s green!!!”





“This is a spillway from a lake.”



The trails were lined with poison ivy – ugh! Mum was very, very, very careful.  Bluebonnets are tiny lupines, a fraction of the size of ours at home. They are really cute and incredibly fragrant.”