Monday night we went to a local park to eat dinner and let Rachel roam around. I made sandwiches and packed some chips and off we went. The park was nice and quiet, we enjoyed having a relaxing night off where we didn't have to think about packing up the house and doing repairs before we move.
While we were eating, a gray squirrel came scampering up to our table. Wes threw him some bread and the squirrel quickly gobbled it down. We began throwing more and more bread to the squirrel. This squirrel was not afraid of us at all and he came very close to us at times to get food. Of course Rachel was very intrigued and wanted to help feed the squirrels too. I was a little nervous because I thought this brave squirrel might jump on Rachel to get to the snacks she was holding. (Then we end up on some terrible TV show like...When Animals Attack not to mention we'd be on our way to the hospital.) Thankfully he wasn't that brave. By the end of the night our one little squirrel had called two of his friends over. We were watching and feeding three squirrels.
We also saw geese while we were there. We fed them for a little while and then we left, they weren't as friendly as the squirrels. We walked around on some trails and really wore Rachel out. She slept like a champ that night (which is every parents goal - right)!
Wes and Rachel feeding North Carolina's state mammal, the gray squirrel.
Rachel had just given the squirrel one of her snacks from her cup
Rachel feeds the squirrel. I was a little nervous at this point.
Rachel sat down and watch the squirrels for a while. Very nervous at this moment.
Wes dropped bread by his foot and the brave squirrel came and got it.
We finished up our walk and headed home. Rachel was so tired she wanted to be carried instead of walking by herself. If you know Rachel this does not happen very often she loves the freedom walking brings.
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