Headlamps

The temperature dropped to 15 degrees today but nonetheless I talked my son into a night hike around the wetlands in our backyard under the guise of,  "you can use your headlamp!". He is extremely happy-go-lucky and willingly obliged.  Although it's only a mile and a quarter "around the lake" (as we call it), its pitch black and heavily wooded on one side. Deer and coyote frequent the area and at some point on the dark path we both remembered this but neither of us said it aloud. As the wind picked up we sped up, staying on the light side of the wetlands nearer to the houses. In less than a half an hour we were back home deciding that daylight was a better time to practice in the elements instead.