NEW PROVIDENCE, IOWA - Well, it's been several months since I've posted anything and much like last year, I seemed to "fall off the wagon" once training for RAGBRAI started in earnest and haven't paid much attention to the blog. Well, RAGBRAI came and went as well as most of the the summer and fall. During that period, there's been many things to enjoy outdoors, as well as some exciting news "back home" in regards to the development of a new recreational trail being developed from Marshalltown to Steamboat Rock on the former right of way of the Iowa River Railroad that I have been getting involved with from the standpoint of creating and maintaining several web pages on Hardin County Trails web site promoting the project (vs. keeping my blog up to date!). It's been fun working on that project, researching some of the history of the corridor as well as helping to promote the future trail knowing the amazing potential that project will have for the seven communities along the IRRT. More to come on that project here in the months to come.
Well, now that it's cooled off outside (and daylight much shorter) there should be ample opportunities to up date the blog with some photos and other thoughts from the past several months. Yesterday was Thanksgiving and we took advantage of the very nice weather to hike around and through Reece Park in Hardin County. The creek level being as low as it was enabled us to get right on the creek and in spots literally walk across the stream. One of the neat features of Honey Creek are the outcroppings of large boulders found in spots along the waterway, what geologists say are remnants of the Wisconsin glacier that once covered this area.
Saw a couple of bald eagles circling the park as well as many other species of birds. It was a nice way to burn off some calories after eating way too much!
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