Last week I played volleyball for the first time since pre-C. It didn't go terribly and I was sore on Thursday so that counts.

There was a bit of a holiday change up and that left Friday free. So: ZOO! We went to see America's oldest zoological park and were a bit disappointed. It just didn't match the size or scope of other zoos (no elephants) and was pretty crowded besides. Carter didn't care much either way. He spent most of the time amazed at his reflection on the glass, wondering why he could put his little fingers through the cage wiring, or wondering where his stroller had gotten too. Oh well...he'll grow into it and we enjoyed the day.

Saturday was around home and around town (Billy's Diner in Bethlehem after only five years...), then we packed it up Sunday morning and went to Hickory Run State Park for a walk in the woods and a picnic. We put the babe in the backpack and wandered across Boulder Field (worth a 30 second Google Mapping, yes you, I'll wait) and around Stone Trail which was fairly sandy. We got an extreme porcupine close-up and then had a picnic by the water. On the way home Jenelle took us over Blue Mountain on Bake Oven Road's gravelly switchbacks which was a "hey we're only 12 miles from home how can this be?" moment."