Getting ready for the Halloween scavenger hunt

With the pandemic we all knew that Halloween was going to be very different this year.  Anna suggested a scavenger hunt, which of course she couldn’t plan because she wanted to participate, so Marcy helped plan that with our neighbors. Saturday morning we gathered at 9am and Anna read the scroll with all the instructions. Then the kids were off all over the neighborhood gathering clues at the 13 stops on the hunt. It took then about an hour to complete. At the final location each kid found a package of candy, and then we all had hot chocolate and banana bread with the families. The kids all had a blast, and we are excited to continue the tradition next year.

All dressed up on Halloween evening giving out candy at our house

Trick or treating was highly discouraged so we were delighted when one of our neighbors sent around a flier with a socially distant Halloween parade idea, including suggestions for safely handing out candy. In the end, about 50 kids participated from the immediate neighborhood. We all got dressed up and it was a lot of fun. I made some chili and we had dinner at a neighbors house that evening,

A gorgeous afternoon at the golf course

The weather was gorgeous this weekend. I decided it was time to play some golf, I wanted to get one more outing in before it gets really cold. Anna and Jude were game so we did the par 3 course at Kennedy Golf Course.

Today, Jude and I ran the Day of the Dead 5k in Wash Park. It was our first and only 5k of the year and they did a good job making it safe. We did the same race last year and there was probably only 10-20% of the number of people. Jude took it easy and ran with me most of the race as he had a soccer game in the afternoon. It was my fastest 5k, at 26:22, since I got back into running a couple of years ago.