Continuing on our nature/monkey theme, Libby wanted to head over MacRitchie Nature Reserve, a huge park that's only about a 10 minute bus ride from our house. True to form, I had us get off on the wrong bus stop (again) and we had to walk the last few blocks to the park. So unfortunately we were hot and sweaty by the time we even got to the entrance of the park, but no worries, it's mostly in the shade, right? Sort of.
We hit our first monkey troop about 30 minute in to our walk.
There was some sort of famliy drama going on here. I tried to provide a running commentary, but I couldn't think of anything other than the little one getting in trouble for wandering too far from the troop and trying to beg dad to let him watch Animal Cops Houston later that night. Not that funny.
The reason Libby and I went to MacRitchie was to do a Treetop Walk they have there, which is a bridge that's really high off the ground in the canopy of the trees. Sounds great, right? Well, what we didn't know was that it's almost a two hour walk to get there. MacRitchie is that big. Wait, I've mentioned that it's always 90 degrees and humid, right? See that lake waaaaaayyy off in the distance? That's where we had to head back to.
The walk back was.... long. And along a golf course, which isn't exactly scenic, and didn't have a bit of shade. We entertained ourselves by playing "What if we saw a snake? What if we saw a tiger? What would Millie do if she saw a those monkeys?" This was the only wildlife we saw on the way back, but it was a good two feet long if you can't tell by the picture.
I drank all of the water in my huge Nalgene on our walk, and didn't pee until hours later. (TMI, sorry.) Libby survived on no water, I don't know how, I was mildly impressed how she can survive on Pepsi alone. Enough excecise for one day, anyway, tomorrow we nap and watch TV.
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