{"id":15733,"date":"2025-10-22T13:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15733"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:23:27","slug":"skywatch-friday-back-on-the-trail-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15733","title":{"rendered":"Skywatch Friday – Back on the Trail Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To recap, about two weeks ago I slipped and fell while hiking. I’ve done that a lot but this time my knee and the rest of my body went different directions and I was sore. So I hiked back to my car, went home, took a shower and then my wife took me orthopedic urgent care where they took xrays, said that my new knee was in good shape, wrapped my knee in a wrap patted me on my head said go see your surgeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I talked to my surgeons PA and said no damage to the knee so released me to do whatever as I felt able. I didn’t do much for a couple days and then gradually started getting more active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My first hike was a mall walk where I saw that rugby shirts are a thing again, along with earth colors. Oh well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I graduated to slow walks at local parks. Much better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then back to Turkey Mountain for hikes on trails that are flat and don’t have technical feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the best vista on Turkey Mountain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then little bit longer hikes on more challenging terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I found this bike jump on my a hike. Mountain bikers are crazy. You jump over the trail and onto a very steep slope on the other side. That’s a big nope for me. I have yet to ride a bike on Turkey Mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this trail bridge over the dam at the YMCA at Turkey Mountain. Tulsa has the best fall weather of any place I have ever lived. Cool night, warm days, blue skies. Sign me up for all you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My beautiful wife Heather had an afternoon free, so we did a two mile hike at Turkey Mountain on the Sanctuary area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love old appliances on the trail. Turkey Mountain is an old farming, ranching, and oilfield area so there are lots things to look at that are interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And at one spot, there is an old oil well with rods sticking out of the ground. I reminded Heather that we had been here before, 11 years ago. We were on an outlaw trail. The land was private but some bikers and hikers blazed a few trails through the tract and Heather, Me, and son Logan checked it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So this is wife and son from nearly eleven years ago. Except, now RiverParks owns the land and it is legal to be on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up on the agenda. The Tulsa Area Geocachers are having their Fall Fest Geocaching Event<\/a> at Lake Okmulgee on Saturday, and Sunday, the Tulsa Urban Wilderness Coalition is at Chandler Park<\/a> partnering with the county on a trail maintenance and a cleanup day there. I’ll be at both events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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