Stroll Around Camden Park

I took a walk around our neighborhood park the other day. I use to walk through Camden Park quite frequently, as a way of exercising, but since I've gotten a treadmill, I don't do it as often. I rather miss walking around our neighborhood. It's quite beautiful. To view all the sights that interest me on one of these walks, it takes about an hour's time. It's not so much the distance, but it's the talking with neighbors along the way, regarding their pets, that can affect the time needed to complete the walk. I always enjoy talking to the neighbors and visiting with their pets. Over the course of four years, which is about the length of time that I have been doing neighborhood walks, I've noticed not only some of the more senior residents slowing down somewhat as they maneuver around the dog path, but their pets have slowed a little as well. Some of the neighborhood dogs are in their teens. I guess that is seventy plus in dog years, so the slowdown is to be expected, both from the canine caretaker, and the canine as well.

On my latest venture I took a few pictures of the park and of the lake. If you look at the first picture closely, you may want to check the larger version at the bottom of the page, there is a strange shadow that can be seen - just about in the middle of the lake. I snapped the picture at the same time that I heard a big splash and then saw an odd creature jumping up out of the water. Your guess is as good as mine as to what it might have been. I'm calling it the Camden Park Loch Ness Monster. That's what it looked like to me - like a big eel. I'll let you know it I get more information on this strange creature. I know my eyes aren't as good as they use to be, but pictures don't lie - do they?