A walk in the woods

Well we finally took that nature walk that Justin's been asking for since last month. I forgot my camera, so there aren't any pictures, but we had alot of fun. We took the short trail and had a good time exploring. We discovered the names of plants that we had no clue about before. Justin was hoping to see some alligators, but I'm sure glad we didn't! lol In fact, we saw no wildlife at all. Not even a bird. It was very quiet out there.
After the nature walk we decided to stop and walk around the old Springfield Cemetery. We got a small local history lesson there as well. I had no idea that Springfield was once a big town, much less the county seat, in the 1800s. We read a sign that told us that sometime in the 1800s "indian hostility" forced 12 families to leave the area. Later a devestating fire further dwindled the population. It was the coming of the railroad, however, that finally ended it all. It was quite sad, really. As we were walking through the cemetery & looking at all the old headstones the boys couldn't believe how many of them were so young when they died. Most were in their 20s & 30s, along with some children. There were a few older ones in their 60s & 70s. The most interesting one to us was a 35 year old doctor from New York. His headstone read "Dr. (can't remember his name) born in New York (date). Slain in Texas by Mexican violence (date) for gold." It's sad how this man died, but so interesting that his headstone didn't just include a name & dates, but a story. We also saw many graves with large stones covering them as it was done long ago to keep wild animals from digging them up. As strange as it may seem, we enjoyed walking through that old cemetery. In all it was a great day.