Picture - This area is also known as 'Forty Steps.' We had given ourselves a couple of days off between work and a family event so we...

PICTURE - Sand path This state park was no charge. This park is on a peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean but is on the 'land' side of the...

PICTURE - We were there on a record setting day for manatee sightings. "In 1970, 14 manatee's were sighted here, two years later the...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Picture - The 'trail' between the street and the water is called the Gitchi Gami State Trail. And there are stretches of that trail from...

(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...

(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....

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...