The Park Headquarters Adventure

As you probably already know, Mom and I tend to spend a lot of time at the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, MA. We usually just walk around Houghton's Pond, but the place is much bigger than that. Mom knew that there were more trails than just that - we even took one once - but she doesn't much care for the idea of getting lost. She knew that trail maps were for sale at Reservation Headquarters, but she didn't really know where that was exactly. Yesterday we set out to find out.

First, though, we did walk halfway around the pond. We passed a bunch of guys raking leaves and stuff. There was a big van there, and it said "Tria Court of the Commonwealth: Community Service Program." Apparently these guys had gotten into the garbage or stolen one of the cats' toys, because they had to rake leaves as punishment. They seemed like nice guys, though. At least a couple of them seemed very friendly towards dogs, and I really wanted to play with them (and their sticks) but Mom thought they would get in trouble for this.

We continued on. We followed a sign for Reservation Headquarters, but came to a fork in the road that had no sign. We decided that Headquarters was more likely to be uphill, because downhill led to a busy street. This was the wrong decision, but we had lots of fun anyway. We climbed the hill and romped through streams. Then we turned around, when Mom figured out that there was to be no Headquarters in this direction, and went down the hill.

Down the hill, and across the busy street, was the right direction. The busy street cuts right through the park. And do you know what else is at Reservation Headquarters? The stable for the State Police horses! That's right, lots and lots of horses! I've never met a horse, but I find their scent very exciting. Anyway, Mom bought the map and we went back up the hill and walked the rest of the way around the pond.