A beautiful day in Mapleton Park! Lots of pics!

We decided this morning to take a walk in Mapleton Park.  We have lived here for over 6 years, and we really haven't taken advantage of the the trails and beautiful sights to see. A wonderful walk, fresh air, sunshine and time spent with the family.  It's also very peaceful, and it was amazing to watch the birds, squirrels and chipmunks...I think that is one of my favourite parts.......... We took along some bread and crackers to feed the ducks..Something tells me by the amount of food along the trails(sunflowers seeds) that the animals in Mapleton Park aren't lacking in the getting spoiled category any!  We entered through the Gorge Road entrance this week, and next time, I think we'll try from the Mapleton Road end.

I took tons of photos....

There were a lot of chipmunks and squirrels.  Someone had been on the trail before us, and had left a major feed of sunflower seeds on several tree stumps... You're able to get fairly close to the squirrels.  I think they aren't as nervous because of the number of people who walk the trail everyday.

Can you see the squirrel in the tree?

 There were many ducks out, either in the water or walking on the ice.   Some of the streams are still frozen...And you could see how carefully the ducks were walking so that it wouldn't crack beneath their feet.

This is  the view over the duck pond, onto the back of my street.

The kids took a break...We managed to get them to sit close enough for a picture!

Someone had written this on one of the feeders....

So my daughter followed the instructions!  She didn't quite understand why she had to hug a tree though...We explained that trees are living things too, and need a hug every once in awhile...just like people..  :)

"We had a great time!"

It was a wonderful couple of hours...Just another one of Moncton, New Brunswick's beautiful sites..I think we'll do this on a weekly basis now!