A borrowed path

These Canadian geese won't have to fly south for the winter.

Sometimes especially in the heat of the evening the dog refuses to walk. He will simply stand in our drive way and watch me walk away.  He and I both need to walk every day as it may help us stay in better health.  Neither one of us is getting any younger.  I will occasionally trick the dog into riding down the road in my junky little truck to a field belonging to a neighbor.    The neighbor keeps a trail mowed through the high grass in the field and in the adjacent woods so he can drive his golf cart and four wheeler there.     When we got to the field the dog jumped out and gladly walked with me on this new unmarked territory.  We walked the circular path around the field and then crossed over to an old abandoned trailer park across the road.  The park was a going concern with 30 or more trailers in a fairly nice pecan orchard.  When we had hurricane Ivan in 2004 and then Katrina in 2005 many of the trailers were damaged when the pecan trees fell on them.  I guess the owners could not keep the place going after their lot renters left for FEMA trailer parks in Bayou La Batre.  When the last trailer was pulled out the owner just let the grass and bushes grow and now all that remains is two paved streets through a growing woods.  It makes a relatively safe place for the dog and I to walk.  As we were finishing our walk and loading up to leave I heard the sound of a flock of geese.  I looked around and noticed it was a very large group flying from a nearby pond to wherever geese go at night.  I managed to get a photo of almost the whole group.  They were moving fast and honking loudly at one another.  It was a very pleasant site to behold.  My experience with Canadians is that they are very polite but their geese are noisy. All in all,  I don't mind having them for neighbors.  Thanks for stopping by.