{"id":14753,"date":"2023-12-07T08:23:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14753"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:44:58","slug":"a-late-autumn-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14753","title":{"rendered":"A Late Autumn Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I went on a late afternoon hike recently at Turkey Mountain. They are putting a new sign up. Kind of cool in that it is also a topographic map of the park. I think maybe they are going to make it into a planter of some sort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took the Lo Chi trail which goes downhill to the Arkansas River. It passes this beaver pond on the way down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the trail goes under this flyover for one of the downhill bicycle runs. I guess this is technically a table top because you don’t have to catch air. But you can if you want. A real flyover would be a gap. Talking to the bikers they have their own language. Many older people like me would “roll over” this rather than try and jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And I found this baby backhoe that the contractors use to build trails. I’ve lost track on the new trails. This looks like they are building a new trail already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lo Chi doesn’t get as much use as some of the other new trails. I only saw one other person on my two miles outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the sun started setting. I was on the east side of the ridge so it immediately got a little cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We still have some pretty good fall color on the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And some more color. I walked a short segment of the RiverParks bicycle trail as part of my route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Only two miles but hey I had a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back at the parking lot, these two women had set up their apparatus on one of the pavilions and were having a lot of fun twirling around. I don’t know what you call this but it looks challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pretty darn athletic is what I thought. They would climb up to the top of the pole and invert with the their legs holding them up. I couldn’t do that in a million years. Got to have a strong core for just start plus not get dizzy twirling round and round upside down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Changing course, one morning in our back yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Found this giant Santa Claus inflatable in a nearby neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And we are slowly getting our house decorated for Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And after a long hiatus I started doing jigsaw puzzles again on my ipad. I love doing them even though they take a lot of time. A great advantage is that you can’t lose any pieces and I use the option to orient the pieces in the right direction. Plus the texture of cardboard gives me the heebie jeebies and so I avoid that as well. And! there is no table with the puzzle on it when you are not working on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And today (December 7) is Pearl Harbor Day. Let’s not forget the heroes that day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, I am linking with Skywatch Friday<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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