Dawes Arboretum

Kevin took the day off on Tuesday to hang out with me! He wanted to do something different and free and after some research he found the Dawes Arboretum about an hour from home. The weather was perfect a refreshing 76 degrees and sunny day! We packed some snacks and a jug of water and were off. 

when we got there we took a map and picked the "Holly" trail. 

First stop was the ceder swamp it said to leave the tadpoles and salamanders in the park and i would have if i saw any! i was greatly disappointed that the swamp was dried up but it was still pretty.

you can see the "knees" of the trees

where are the salamanders?

beautiful

Fter that we took a hike thru the woods to a cottage but it was locked then up the hill further to a cemetery where Johnny Appleseed's family is buried and a few Revolutionary War Vets were among them too.

one of the men who fought for America's Freedom from Great Britain

can you see the Frog?

the water Jug was a life saver it got pretty hot in the middle of the day

*love*

Then towards the end of the train was a Japanese Garden with a large pond I spotted a few koi.

It was very pretty,

A cute stone bridge

After we finished the trail we went on the auto trail up to the look out to see "dawes arboretum" spelled out in foliage.

Afterwards we went to Kevins running store to register for his half marathon and then to lunch at El Vaquero!

Yum! Then we realized it was rush hour so we went to Caribou Coffee for an hour or two reading the magazines we bought at the library for .25 cents each earlier that morning, to wait out the traffic.

That night we watched the movie "To Save a Life" and it was very good I recommend!

Love to all!