Actually, not only do I love that movie (“Barefoot in the Park”), but I’m just realizing the title fits because I was actually barefoot in the park today.

My friend and I decided to take advantage of one of our first beautiful Spring-like days by heading to the park with two baseball gloves and a baseball, a basketball, and two tennis rackets with a few tennis balls (all along with my new camera of course). It was a beautiful, messy, and exhausting day. It was messy mostly because a hard pitch of the baseball landed it in the creek where both my friend and I fought to get the ball back like it was made of gold or something. Funny thing is, that’s where most of the fun started. That all led us to sitting by the creek and taking in a beautiful and peaceful day at the park.

A few reminders that we’re not really kids anymore:  Getting messy doesn’t seem to bother you as much as a kid as is does when you’re older. (Don’t get me wrong – getting dirty while playing and having fun doing it is still as fun as it was, but it’s not as fun going home like that and cleaning up as it used to be.) Another reminder of our age (or maybe just the shape we’re in as college students) was how sore and exhausted we got so quickly. My throwing arm is great, but every pitch was painful. Anything for fun!

Tomorrow morning we (along with my brother this time) head up for a hike at Peaks of Otter to the Sharp Top. Carpe diem!