Day 11 - Walking Trails and Chickens

Thanks to my good friend Jan, I learned about a beautiful walking trail in Temple that I "knew" about but had never been on.  It is a hidden treasure that makes you think you are far away in the country when you are actually in the hub of things.  The trail is Pepper Creek Trail and today I walked it with my friend Jan and two of her friends.  We had a great time visiting and enjoying nature and the beauty of the day and got in an hour walk in the process.  I will definitely be walking this trail more often now that I know I don't have to walk beside a busy highway to enjoy it.

Another first for me today came from my good friend Avis.  Avis has chickens--big chickens and adolescent chickens.  I have a definite aversion to chickens since the day when I was a young girl on my grandparents' farm and was gathering eggs when a rooster decide to jump on my back.  I was traumatized by the event and since that day have liked my chickens fried, not clucking and laying eggs and such.  So as it turns out, these adolescent chickens have to be "put up" for the night so I happened to be at her house at putting up time and said I'd help her get that chore done.  So she caught these little hennettes and gave me one to carry for her to the overnight roosting area.  So now I can say that I've put a chicken to bed for the night and can only hope it doesn't have chicken nightmares knowing I was thinking fried chicken all the way!