Warrior Dash

Well, we're going to try to do another mud run this coming spring.  This time the Warrior Dash.  Kelly and her friends run most of it, I walked.  I've been trying to recruit a walker to come with me.

Jeannett & I went out walking today to train, we are planning on doing the 10k.  We walked 2+ miles today.  (Need to triple that).  I tripped, can't walk & talk at the same time apparently, especially with uneven sidewalks.....the earth moves here, but slowly.  I rolled really good for an old woman.....we'll see how I feel tomorrow.  We found a training area at a nearby park and have plans to use it together.  We will become "WARRIORS"

Casino Beach

This week I was looking for a place near the water to go to.  We have 3 lakes very close to our home, Eagle Mountain, Grapevine and Lake Worth.  We've been to Grapevine a few times already, so I looked online for one with picnicking & maybe a beach.  I found Casino Park.  This a picture of the park in it's heyday in the 1920's.  But the remaining buildings were torn down in the '70s.  One note describing the park that it had the only sandy beach at one of the lakes in Fort Worth, most are dirt & mud.  So I packed up bread to feed the possible ducks and we headed out for our 16 mile drive to Lake Worth and Casino Park.

There was a sandy beach and a nice green park beside it......but no ducks.  The shoreline was only about 300 yards, it did have a large roped off area for swimming.  There were only a few people there while we were there.  It was a beautiful Texas day.  Yesterday was 105 degrees, today in the low 80's with a breeze.

Axel threw rocks & sticks in the water.

No we didn't see any alligators, but they have been recently seen in local waters  (youtube documented).  Just part of Texas.  In 2007 I did see one about 3 ft long in a stream near our house.

Axel picked up broken pieces of glass on the beach & in the water and gave them to me to throw away.

They had a dock there for boating and fishing.  Axel wanted to watch the 1 fisherman a lot longer than Larry & me.  We lured him away with a promise of a chocolate shake & french fries.  Always a healthy lunch when your with Grandma & Papa.