Walk 8

tt was a warm day on October 1 when I took walk number 8 to "places I had never walked before." 

My destination was Oak Ledge Park in Burlington, Vermont. Actually, I've been here many times, but never to take an extended walk. Along the shores of Lake Champlain, this is one of the most scenic of all the recent places I've been.

 

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I never noticed these rocks before.
 

Lovely flowers along the fence.

 Thanks for the warning!

Sit on the rocks and view the lake! One of my favorite places to be.

Walk 7

Before we moved to Vermont, Geo came here to check it out. He said, "Shirley, you will like it here." He had his photo taken at this park. A few months later, we moved to this beautiful state. Now many years later, September 22, 2023, is the very first time I'm at this park!

The park is downhill between two roads. It is much larger area than I had expected.

There are two tennis courts here, a baseball field, a basketball court, picnic tables, and grills, a playground, and even hopscotch. None of this is visible from either road.

There is even a "little library" here.

 

This would be a great park to take the family. I only wish we had been here when our daughters were young. So close, but undiscovered by us all these years. I would not have been here if it were not for my decision to walk in "new places where I've never been before." 

I'll be back.

   

Walk 6

I am waaay behind in being current with my posts about the walks I've been taking. I completed Walk 6 on September 17. It was along a busy road where our town meets an adjoining town. I've driven on this road what seems like a zillion times, but I've never walked here. I parked in a small lot near the river.

To get down to the river, it was steep and rocky, so I did not want to venture too far on my own.

I didn't make it all the way down to the river, but I did get a better view.

Here's a view of part of the trail from the top of the bridge.

This has been one of my favorite walks because it was a challenging one and it has given me a better sense of the beauty here that I never would experience by just driving by.