December 17, 2004

The Dump

Today we took the dogs over to Vista View Park, alias the Davie Landfill. It's an 160-acre dump that they covered and turned into a park. It has a view in an otherwise naturally flat Florida, because of its wild and untamed peaks of covered-over debris. Here and there there are vents to let the garbage gasses escape. Hiking the park was a rush because periodically and unexpectedly we'd walk into a god-awful stench. It reminded me of the Fire Swamp in "The Princess Bride."
Shiloh tried to lead Lilly down to the lake in the center area. We overheard her saying "Alligator rides are just a buck, Lil!" Although we could tell Lilly wanted to punish Shiloh for boisterous behavior and other infractions of that Draconian code of conduct Lilly adheres to, this was the farthest she's ever walked in her life and she was simply too tired.

Posted by floridacracker at December 17, 2004 04:55 PM