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2024 05 19 - Glendalough State Park - Battle Lake MN
This is the park entrance. Behind the sign you can see the new grade for the paved bicycle trail. We did not walk the paved trail. It is...
jim9145
May 23, 20242 min read


2024 05 18 - Lake Carlos State Park - Carlos MN
Our plan for this weekend was to walk two state parks a day and fill in the time with any cemeteries in the area. We stopped at two...
jim9145
May 22, 20241 min read


2024 03 13 - Prairie Ridge - Woodbury MN
Picture: Street sign for park. This is a new park in Woodbury MN. New? I looked it up and there are reviews from seven years ago. New to...
jim9145
May 21, 20241 min read


2024 02 02 - Davis Arboretum - Davis CA
Picture: Signage for one of the area's of the Arboretum. We had spent the night in Davis and were looking for some place free and close...
jim9145
May 20, 20241 min read


2024 02 01 - Turtle Bay Park - Redding CA
Picture: Main entrance. This place has a number of area's, we just walked on the trails through the arboretum and botanical garden area....
jim9145
Feb 17, 20242 min read


2024 01 21 - Sarah Duke Gardens - Durham NC
Picture: East entrance to park. We had gotten work and driven up from FL. We got to the customer and they had not left out the keys for...
jim9145
Feb 15, 20241 min read


2024 01 19 - DeSoto Nat'l Memorial - Bradenton FL
Picture: Sign is facing the bay near the trail, this is not by a highway. Parking is free, admission is free. We saw a lot about DeSoto...
jim9145
Feb 14, 20241 min read


2024 01 16 - Six Mile Slough - Tampa FL
Picture: Street sign for Six Mile Slough. The guess is that it is called this because it is six miles from Tampa. The park is over 3,000...
jim9145
Feb 14, 20241 min read


2024 01 16 - River Walk - Tampa FL
Picture: Eastern end of the River Walk. On this day we had gone downtown Tampa to go to the history museum as it was forecast to rain...
jim9145
Feb 13, 20241 min read


2024 01 15 - Honeymoon Island State Park - Dunedine FL
Picture: Park sign From our hotel, we were just over five miles from this park. $8 a car to get in. There is a gift shop/building near...
jim9145
Feb 13, 20241 min read


2024 01 14 - Edgewater Drive Park - Clearwater FL
PICTURE: Park sign along side of roadway. The walking part of the park looks to be about a mile and a half long. There is a four acre...
jim9145
Feb 12, 20241 min read


2024 01 14 - Circle B Bar Ranch - Lakeland FL
Picture: The wildlife at the park today. Birds. This is our free, go to place in this part of FL. The weather is cool, so the 'gator's...
jim9145
Feb 12, 20241 min read


2023 12 31 - Tamarack Nature Center - White Bear Lake MN
Picture: Entrance sign. We barely had a trace of snow at our house so we thought it would be a good day to go visit cemeteries and take a...
jim9145
Feb 11, 20241 min read


2023 12 13 - Sycamore Grove Park - Livermore CA
Picture: Woodpecker trying to break open something. This is our open / safe place to walk in the area. The more we come here, the more...
jim9145
Jan 8, 20241 min read


2023 11 03 - Overland Trail - Sterling CO
Picture: Entrance sign We try to walk during the day if there is somewhere to do it. When we got to the Sterling rest area, my wife...
jim9145
Nov 24, 20231 min read


2023 11 01 - Myre-Big Island State Park - Albert Lea MN
Picture: The trail into the setting sun. After a day of work driving, we had enough time to get to the park, walk and get to the hotel...
jim9145
Nov 23, 20232 min read


2023 10 31 - Kilen Woods State Park - Lake Field MN
Picture: The lookout view, if you make it that far. We were on our way back from dropping a truck in Iowa and had the day to fill as...
jim9145
Nov 22, 20232 min read


2023 10 29 - Moose Lake State Park - Moose Lake MN
Picture: Entrance sign Smaller park, only a couple of places to park. It didn't look like the office was open to buy a park permit. We...
jim9145
Nov 20, 20232 min read


2023 10 28 - Minnesota Valley NWR - Bloomington MN
Picture: The building, welcome center. We had never been to any NWR, National Wildlife Refuges, before so we were not sure what to...
jim9145
Nov 19, 20231 min read


2023 10 21 - Fort Snelling State Park - Minneapolis MN
Picture: High water lines. Today we didn't decide when or where to go until later in the morning and then we still had a couple of things...
jim9145
Oct 22, 20233 min read
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