In the ruins

This morning I asked Henry if he wanted to go with me for my walk with Chauc and he wrestled between wanting to play with legos, or having an "adventure." I told him we had all vacation, so no big deal. It was just he and I awake, the girls were still sleeping (typical). He eventually decided he wanted to come.

It was kind of cold, but nice. I walked him through the old ruins of several of the big buildings that used to be the Prison Camps in Rutland State Park. Maybe I will write a bit more about those later. The foundations are still impressive, even if they are super old. The best ruin is on top of the main hill in the field section of the park. It is kind of hidden in the trees. It once had a complete rounded courtyard surrounded with an iron fence. We walked all around it. Henry seemed pretty interested. I saw him taking a small rock from the foundation and hiding it in his mitten. He said he was "saving" it for later.

I love Henry. Chauc jumped in the freezing river on the way home. It was a really nice morning.

This afternoon I started carving Henry's pinewood derby car, "Shark II." I will put up a post of the whole sequence of building it later. I must say, its coming out pretty great. Henry stayed with me downstairs while I widdled away at it and smashed some geods he got for his birthday.

Life is nice around here again.

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