SATURDAY, MAY 11

MILE 3

LAKESHORE PARK

It was gloomy today when I took this picture...but this is my favorite view in Knoxville.  I'm not sure if it is the view of the Tennessee River or the memory of fall color on the trees...or the baseball fields, but I love it here.

I distinctly remember my first walk around the 2.1 mile track and coming to this spot.  It was fall and I remember thinking what a beautiful part of the world this was.

I've had hundreds of walks around Lakeshore Park...sharing conversations with friends about life and parenting.  It was here that I first started running (although I admit that I never quite tackled THE HILL).  Here I watched Parker and Drake learn to play baseball, celebrated lots of wins and consoled through lots of losses.  Here I enjoyed making new friends and visiting with old friends.  Here I watched Parker practice football and watched Drake and Andrew climb fences.

Lakeshore is a special place.