Saturday we enjoyed a wonderful, gray, overcast day with actual drizzle. We delayed our morning ride by two hours but the drizzle didn't let up so we went anyway. As it was a weekend we didn't have to stick to our normal path around the park. We ventured out to Northeast Allen to see what we could find. Mostly new construction for half-million dollar homes, but mixed in with the lot was an exotic bird breeder: White swans, Black swans, dozens of exotic ducks and at least one annoying rooster. The rooster reminded me of our house in Winston-Salem. We left the sidewalks for just a few feet but got nice and muddy in the process. As long as we were muddy anyway we walked up close to the enclosures. The swans were beautiful but they smelled suspiciously like the elephant cage at the zoo. There was also a flock of small white birds. I initially thought that they were white egret chicks, but by the time we found chick number six, I figured I was wrong. There could have been 200 of them all told. I forgot to look them up when I got home. They had long slender necks and long legs but weren't really very tall. The were in fields but looked like they should have been wading in shallow water.
There were actual storms up at the airport with rain delays and everything but the rain never really came down in Allen. Under the trees and bushed never got wet. It stayed damp out all day and at 90 degrees it actually felt cool for a change that should count for something.
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