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2022 01 23 - Lighthouse Beach Park - Sanibel Island FL
PICTURE - More shells here than at Loves Key beach. We had looked up this place and it looked like it would be more sheltered from the...
jim9145
Jan 25, 20222 min read


2022 01 23 - Lovers Key State Park - Fort Myers Beach FL
Details here 8700 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931 We arrived about 11 AM on a Sunday morning. The area was empty except for a few...
jim9145
Jan 24, 20221 min read


2022 01 22 - Marsh Trail - Ten Thousand Islands NWR - Carnestown FL
There are actual islands in the Gulf that are part of this park. But it is hard to tell in this area as there are more island than water,...
jim9145
Jan 23, 20221 min read


2022 01 22 - Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk - Carnestown FL
The address of this place is actually Naples, but Naples is 25 miles away. Carnestown is only five miles away. A map shows they have big...
jim9145
Jan 22, 20222 min read


2022 01 21 - Circle B Bar Reserve - Lakeland FL
Alligator Alley - It get to the water the path is under the most covered trees. This is about a 2-1/2 mile path. We have done a couple of...
jim9145
Jan 22, 20222 min read


2021 07 13 - Split Rock - State Park
Picture - It's not too hard to guess where this picture was taken. It is a mostly level walk on a dirt trail to get to this point. When...
jim9145
Jul 14, 20212 min read


2021 07 12 - Grand Marias
Picture - taken at the Grand Marais overlook. Slow start for the day. Short walk to get donuts. Then finally around noon we head out up...
jim9145
Jul 12, 20212 min read


2021 07 11 - Grand Portage - State Park
This one is a state park so I am doing in separate write up. This park is just before the Candian border, you can see those buildings...
jim9145
Jul 11, 20212 min read


2021 07 11 - Grand Marias
Picture - The 'trail' between the street and the water is called the Gitchi Gami State Trail. And there are stretches of that trail from...
jim9145
Jul 11, 20212 min read


2021 07 10 - Grand Marias
(looking to the lake from the Art Fair) Even shorter walks today. Now my wife is trying to decide if these short walks are getting her...
jim9145
Jul 11, 20212 min read


2021 07 09 - Grand Marais
(Lake Superior from our hotel at Grand Marais) We had already done two short walks before getting to Grand Marais, but we were not done....
jim9145
Jul 11, 20212 min read


2021 07 09 - Two Harbors - Gooseberry Falls
Short walks today. besides this one, we also did the AM one in Duluth and a PM one in Grand Marias. My wife's knee and hip bother her...
jim9145
Jul 11, 20211 min read


2021 07 08 - Duluth Canal Lake Walk - Duluth MN
The boardwalk area looks a little different than on our last walk. ... and our last walk was in Duluth over a month ago? We need to get...
jim9145
Jul 11, 20212 min read


2021 05 24 - Duluth Canal Lake Walk - Duluth MN
Still cold and windy this AM but we did get outside. The wind had died down enough that we walked out to the lighthouse but then along...
jim9145
May 29, 20211 min read


2021 05 23 - Duluth Canal Lake Walk - Duluth MN
"A Walk in the Park" - Definition = something that is very easy to do, and usually pleasant Not today. We wanted a place where we could...
jim9145
May 23, 20212 min read


2021 04 25 - Fort Snelling State Park - Saint Paul MN
First major walk this year. Saw a little wildlife. Before we even parked there were two people in a car watching these deer. They were...
jim9145
Apr 25, 20211 min read


2021 01 12 - Sycamore Grove Park - Livermore CA
Another pay to enter park. It is a city park on the south side of Livermore. One of the first things we see is a sign that says watch for...
jim9145
Jan 13, 20211 min read


2021 01 11 - Santa Cruz Wharf - CA
Today we head back inland in case we get work. But first we stop at the Santa Cruz wharf. The wharf was about a half mile long. It is the...
jim9145
Jan 13, 20211 min read


2021 01 10 - Asilomar State Beach Trail - Pacific Grove - CA
We started out on the end of Lighthouse Ave near the John Denver Memorial. That is the 1st we saw of the ocean so we stopped there and...
jim9145
Jan 13, 20211 min read


2021 01 09 - Moss Beach, Del Monte Forest CA
We had the weekend off of work so we headed down to the Pacific Grove / Santa Cruz area. The 1st place we headed was to the 17 Mile...
jim9145
Jan 13, 20211 min read
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