Day 3 – 16 September 2017 – McKinney

Well I knew this hotel was going to be a little different from the reviews, but I took out my own rubbish to the outside bin, and I shared the elevator with a great dane. He was lovely, but far more interested in the chicken bones in my rubbish than me, LOL.

Had a dreadful nights sleep! Whether because I had had an afternoon nap, or the fact that the a/c goes all night (can’t open the window) or that I might have caught something on the plane, I don’t know. I suppose tomorrow will tell me if I have a cold or not!

Anyway, headed out to Wylie, about 40 minutes north-east of McKinney, where a fund raising munzee paw-print garden was located. Got there to find the park it was next to has been closed for 2 years, so it was hard to get to the munzees everyone had added, and the paw print itself was in a very large, harvested corn field that was not very walkable!

Did a bit of driving around and a bit of walking before heading back across country for Frisco, which is south of McKinney. There was located another fund-raising garden, this time breast cancer awareness ribbons. Mostly located over the BCA Society HQ building and car park, this nevertheless had a beautiful park between it and the motorway. I assume people are used to the constant hum of traffic, but getting back into the car and shutting the door on the noise was lovely!

Came home for a bite of lunch and a rest and then headed out once more to Celebration Park in Allen, just south of McKinney as well. Maria and I cleaned up the munzees there last year, but it had had lots more added. Walked the 4 kms around the park and then headed back to Walmart for some more supplies. Got some throat lozenges for just in case, LOL. Funny thing was when I went in it was daylight outside and when I came out it was completely dark, had even missed the sunset! I was told it gets dark very quickly, so felt better and I hadn’t been wandering aimlessly forever!

hmm locked gates at Wylie

but the lake beyond would have been lovely to see!