ハイキング (hiking)

今日は土曜日家族全員が休日、遅い朝食を取った後、ハイキングに行くことになった。
車で２０分ぐらいのところに広い公園がある、公園といっても日本の公園とは違い何しろ広くて大きい、１３キロメートルを乗馬で楽しめる所ですから、殆どが森林で平地に小高い山と言った感じ、森林の中を散策していると、鳥の鳴き声、黒いリス、鹿、小さな蛇、池には亀や小魚と色々な生き物が見られる
残念ながら樹木の種類は分かりません。５キロメートルを約２時間かけて散策して楽しみました。
帰りがけにメキシコレストランで食事、以前メキシコに在住したことがあり、食事となま演奏のマリアッチが懐かしくかった。

It's Saturday today so everybody was off. After eating a late breakfast, we decided to go hiking. There was a big park about 20 minutes car ride from the house. I said "park" but it's not a "park" you can think in Japan. It's really big and there was a 13 km horse riding track. So it's like a forest. Most of the place is flat but some minor hills. While walking, I heard a lot of birds chirping, saw black squirrels, a dear, a small snake. I also saw a turtle and small fish in a pond. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about trees so I couldn't tell what sort of trees growing there. We enjoyed walking about 5 km for 2 hours. On the way home, we had a dinner at a Mexican restaurant. There, we enjoyed food and a Mariachi live performance. I used to live in Mexico so I felt nostalgic.