Edgewater Park is not the prettiest park in the city of Anderson. However, it has an attractiveness to my boys because it runs alongside the White River (which is not so "white"). Hence, the name--Edgewater. Sometimes, when the rains have come or the snow has melted, you can actually not enter the park because a large portion of it is underwater. When we came last fall, the water was very low. The kids actually took off their shoes and headed into the river, searching for crawdads and other various treasures of the river. It was great, until Chase thought he would drink some of the water. I kept telling him to stop, but he thought I was joking. Yes, he had some tummy issues the next day. Sigh. :( The water is definitely NOT clean and should not be ingested. You also want to wash your hands well after playing in it. But, something about a river is magnetic.
Sunday was tranquil. The boys were thoroughly entertained by trying to fish (Ry/Niko) and by throwing rocks in the water (Ry, Niko, Chase and Casey!). Ryan caught a decent sized fish actually--which flopped itself right back into the water after being unhooked. We walked down into the forest for awhile. The path is not so nice, because the animals (I'm guessing water fowl) cover it with waste. You have to tread carefully, or clean your shoes later. But, the grasses and the forest are beautiful. They do not mow because it is wild grass and the flowers and the fungi are just amazing. As we returned from our walk, we looked across a private field that is mowed. In the middle of a field was a large and beautiful fox. He was just staring at us as we went along the path. Then as we moved on, he started to move too and then stopped again to watch us. He was amazing. Suddenly, out of the undergrowth of a tree line barged an animal I had never seen before in person. Casey thinks it was a badger. It was brownish and almost as large as the fox, but with a rounder body. It attacked the fox and they fought a bit. Then it ran back to the tree line and then charged the fox again. They disappeared into the tree line, fighting. I thought it was neat to see these animals, which I had not seen, in the flesh. I think I am seeing more animals here than I saw in the jungles of Indo. On a walk several weeks ago we came across a snake sunning himself on our path. I think it adds to the beauty of nature, which sometimes I take for granted. Casey has moaned some about how Indiana is not that beautiful--it's "flat" and "boring"....but, I'm finding quite a bit to be interested in :).
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