The Gardens
On Tues, I went with D on a class field trip to the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx. Really great place. The parents weren't allowed into the children's adventure garden (something about overcrowding rules, which I guess makes sense but what's the point of bringing the parents along then?) so I went for a walk on the Forest Edge Trail. Just beautiful; almost deserted. It lead to an overlook at the edge of a grove of hemlocks above a waterfall. I only got to wander for a short time before going back to meet D for lunch and watch him clamber over a huge rock (his teacher later nervously said "Daniel, we saw you on top of that big rock. Everyone was saying how high it was.") but we want to go back with the family. I took some pics in the woods, I'll try to post them later.