(Image links to Flick'r and my photos from our hike.) What happens when we miss the train and the next train to come along isn't for two more hours? Well ... we go out wandering down winding roads. What else would we do? We did first step off at the deli for sandwiches and eclairs ... and some water to go in the backpack!

Since we hadn't planned to hike, we didn't know where good trials were. Basically, we picked a road and said, "Let's see what's around that next bend in the road." Perhaps it is a little reflective of our life perspective: If we go a little further, try a little experiment, what will happen?

We found out a lot about our little community. We went past three parks full of people all revolving around some family outing ... school fair, little league baseball, and I'm fairly sure the last park was a wedding.

We passed a cemetery and I was surprised to find myself standing in front of Pecks! Peck is a family name in the tree. But I checked online today and I can see no way for these Pecks to be related to my Pecks. Wouldn't it have been funny?!

And we saw a lot of signs that told us about our new home: There's a rock quarry somewhere that has some people upset. There's a development going in with each plot being 4 acres. There's another cute little slice of land that is for sale. Oh and there's a shopping center going in somewhere that has the community quite up in arms and divided.

We observed that rock walls are very popular. Some seem to have been around for a long time. Clueless on that. Also, it is very difficult to see the hills for the trees. We had to wait for breaks in the trees in order to be able to see across the valley and over to the neighboring hills. The trees are starting to think about turning colors. I keep hearing I'm in for quite an experience. Blazing orange everywhere.

Eventually we had to admit it was time to turn back towards home. We also had to admit that we weren't overly sure where we were ... since we also took off without a map. Oh we knew how to go home. We just didn't know where we were. Turns out that we were nearly half way to the next town.

Oh, and how do we finish off a five mile hike? We stopped off at the deli to pick up some ravioli and the owner very enthusiastically suggested options for our next hike. Well, of course, we always go there for our little bits of this and that. They even know our names. "Hey! Billy from Texas! How's it going? Where did ya'll go today?" Yes, it's true. People will come back and wait in very long lines (sometimes daily even) just to buy in a place where people know their names.

Well, go and see my photos and see the fun we had. And when was the last time you went out just wandering?