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09-28-24 3:27 pm
Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern box turtles spend their whole lives within a home range of just a few hundred feet. If one gets moved out of that range, it will often spend the rest of its life trying to find its way back. If you see one crossing a road, you can help by moving it in the direction it was already headed, j...
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08-22-24 11:07 am
Eastern Box Turtle Says Hello
"Hello," whispers the shy Eastern box turtle. I love walking in the woods. It's one of the things that connects me most with nature. See my other post, Eastern Box Turtle
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09-20-24 3:20 pm
Greenbelt Park
This park is close to home, which is the main draw. It's part of the National Park system, not the kind of park you'd expect to find tucked into the DC suburbs. The Perimeter Trail runs all around the park, starting at the entrance, and lets me walk non-stop for 5.3 miles. There are stretches wher...
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03-08-26 8:07 pm
Hiking Trails
I can't remember a time when hiking wasn't part of my life. I started young, picked up the pace in high school, and kept going from there. Some of it was on marked trails in national parks. A lot of it wasn't, unmarked routes through forests and mountains back when I was younger. I've hiked the Gr...
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11-27-24 3:53 pm
Lake Brownwood
Sitting at the bottom of the grand staircase at Lake Brownwood State Park in Texas. The Civilian Conservation Corps built it in 1934, ninety years ago now. Still standing, still leading right down to the water.
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03-22-26 10:14 am
Longer Route
I went out to Greenbelt Park in Maryland to walk the Dogwood Trail. It's a simple loop, about a mile, with an extra outer stretch of roughly 0.3 miles. Easy and steady, nothing challenging about it. Partway through, I hit a sign pointing to a longer route on the right and a shorter route on the le...
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09-28-24 3:39 pm
The Last Nuts I'd Ever Taste
Just imagine this. It seemed like a perfect place to take a break, so I sat down on a wooden bench, towering trees above casting cool shadows around me. I reached into my backpack, pulled out the nuts I'd packed, ready for a quick snack. As I sat there, unaware, the woods around me were about to c...