Adventures at Tilden Park

My maternity leave ends today. So for the last week I have been taking Jantzen on some great adventures, trying to spend as much quality time with him as I can. (He won't remember any of it, but I sure have been having fun.) This week we went to Tilden Park, Lake Merritt, the Cowboy Park and the Oakland Zoo.

Here is a look into our afternoon at Tilden Park last week.

This is the beginning of our 1 mile hike. As soon as we hit the trail, he hits the sack.





This is jewel lake - our destination. I thought Jantzen might enjoy looking at the fish and turtles...


yet still he sleeps.


We found a boardwalk to take us back to the main gate. This walks us through the trees and over a creek or two. We even saw a small fawn.


well, I did, because still he sleeps.


We hike all the way back, passing kids and birds, even a cow and some chickens. But he misses it all. Then, we make it to the parking lot and Jantzen wakes up... and he's not happy we are leaving. What a sad, sad face.


I wonder if he appreciates the two hours we spent at the park. It must have been a good nap.