"In and around the lake"
(Roundabout - Jon Anderson and Steve Howe)
While walking roundabout the lake at Stanley Quarter Park I realized a few things.
#1 - You can't blame a goose for being a goose.
#2 - You can't blame a few hundred geese for doing what a few hundred geese leave behind, basically a lot of #2.
#3 - As a result of #2, you can't blame me for docking this post for a fifth star.
Pretty much across the street from the University of Central Connecticut College's campus you'll find this gorgeous park with a big lake, a multi-station fitness trail, and a nice and easy 0.6 mile looped walking path around the lake.
The path took us over a few stone and wood bridges and gave us a great look at hundreds of geese and what looked like seagulls.
The geese were everywhere - in the water, on the grassy hills, frolicking and flapping their wings in the lake, and honking so much they made us laugh.
But the problem we encountered was the byproduct of those hundreds of geese and the ensuing mess they leave on the path around the lake. You'd better watch your step very carefully or you'll be walking into globs of goose shit. It was everywhere, and there was a shit ton of it.
Now like I said, ya can't blame a goose for doing what a goose does, but I feel like someone at the municipal level has badly dropped the ball by not better maintaining things. read more