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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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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


2020 11 25 - Cemetery, Mountain View, Senora
(this is being added almost two months after the walk) We had most of a day to kill before finding out if there would be work. So we...
jim9145
Jan 13, 20211 min read


2020 11 18 - State Park, Nerstrand Big Woods
We are between trips today and staying near southern MN so we decided to walk a park we haven't been to in years. For a non-metro park,...
jim9145
Nov 18, 20201 min read


2020 11 05 - State Park, Wild River
If you prefer a mostly flat trail, this one is and it is paved. It's listed as the old logging trail. We decided to walk down by the St...
jim9145
Nov 5, 20203 min read


2020 11 04 - State Park, William O'Brien
A couple of large beaver lodges. No work today, I didn't call them, they didn't call me. About noon we decide to head to a park. We had...
jim9145
Nov 4, 20202 min read


2020 11 03 - State Park, Lake Maria
It is best to know where you are going today at this park. Not much for visible trails today. This was the closest state park to where we...
jim9145
Nov 3, 20202 min read


2020 11 01 - State Park, Afton
That is Wisconsin on the other side of the river. Not a cloud in the sky, not quite as warm as it will be the next few days. But we...
jim9145
Nov 3, 20201 min read


2020 10 16 - City Park, Forest City IA - Hynes Spur Trail
We were waiting for work and decided to take a walk. I had seen people walking here recently so I knew there was a trail but didn't know...
jim9145
Nov 2, 20201 min read


2020 10 13 - State Park, Myre-Big Island
Today we were supposed to be working. There wasn't any work that we wanted so we had drove from our work to Albert Lea as Albert Lea has...
jim9145
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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