it was a day of firsts for me. not only had i never gone leaf peeping, i had never known there were trails leading to the blue hills from the ice skating rink known as shea rink in quincy where all of us met for the hike.
as well, i believe it was the first time (that i can recall... which doesn't say much because i can't remember a lot of things) that my friend (andrea) hung out in a group setting without her bff (hot amy). i've hung out individually with andrea before when we attempted to run together... most notably the high intensity interval training. i don't think, however, that i've ever seen andrea without hot amy when it was a group outing. (hot amy was away on official dietitic business.) needless to say, it was nice hanging with just andrea.
anyway, leaf peeping was absolutely fun. my friend (jen and bill... and their dog pugsley) met andrea, karen and i at shea rink. from there, we embarked on our little excursion through the blue hills. taking the blue path, we saw a lot of beautiful sights... fall foliage... ducks... rocks... ponds... and a deer!
(pictured below is the deer that came near us.)
the deer was amazing... so beautiful... so majestic. perhaps the deer was my patronus. just kidding. that was a harry potter reference for anyone curious.
anyway, we had to turn back after a while. as it turns out, the trail is about 9 miles and we were no where near completing it on saturday. some day, i think it would be cool to hike the entire trail. in fact, we talked about periodically doing various trails through the blue hills to warm up for the 9 mile hike... that was how much we enjoyed it.
i am looking forward to more hikes through the blue hills. and now that i know that a trail starts from shea rink, i'm hoping to do more hiking. needless to say, it was definitely a fun time to spend with my friends. thanks andrea for organizing it.
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