#77 - Pearson Metropark - a.k.a. Mosquito Central

My youngest wanted to go on a hike today, so I looked at the list of Metroparks and found that Pearson Park had an intriguing Black Swamp Trail to hike on.  We packed up some snacks and supplies and headed out.   On the trail we were swarmed by  thousands of mosquitoes and walked through as quickly as possible.  I had the adult strength bug spray and got 4 bites, but the kids had the safer, but less concentrated, stuff and got dozens of bites each.  It was not fun, but we felt closer afterwards, as if we'd been through war together.  We enjoyed the indoors, air-conditioned Window on Nature building where we ate our snacks and watched critters enjoying theirs at feeders and a pond outside the windows.  There was a nearby playground that the boys played on for a little while before we headed back.  Maybe we'll be back in the winter to check out the sledding hill, but for now, we've had enough of Mosquito Pearson MetroPark