Category Archives: Hiking

MN Trip ~Days 1&2

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Day 1

We drove all night and got there around 1 or 2 in the morning on Saturday.

My boys always bounce right up in the morning, ready to play.

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My little nephew holding a frog.

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I could follow these two around all day.

They are just so cute!

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Day 2

Maplewood State Park

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We try to hike at Maplewood every time we are up.

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I would hand off the camera to Nick and then proceed to take pictures with my phone.

I am a little bit addicted…

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These guys liked to yell at us.

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I walked ahead of everyone.

There is something about walking alone in the woods that just makes me breath deep and relax.

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I spent a lot of time walking in the woods behind my parents house growing up.

It was one of my favorite places to be.

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Grandpa making calls at Nick.

Nick was stalking us from above.

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He is a great teacher.

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We made sure we were going to MN when the leaves were changing.

So pretty.

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Another chipmunk to yell at us.

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The Trumpeter Swans were migrating when we visited!

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This girl has me wrapped around her finger.

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She wanted to take turns taking pictures of things with my camera and phone.

My turn consisted of pictures of her.

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Nick and I headed back to Maplewood to catch some pics in the evening light.

It was cloudy…

I decided to roll with it.

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Tripod and interval timer to the rescue.

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Maplewood is a beautiful park!

Make sure you go if you live in the area!

Do you have beautiful fall colors where you live?

 

Prague Lake Trail, Prague OK

I found the Prague Lake Trail on bestoklahomatrails.com.

They have a really nice list of trails!

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I have used them before but it seems like I forget about them a lot!

This is an 8 mile loop mostly around the lake.

We started out on the smaller loop across the road and then continued to the one around the lake.

In total our hike was 8.1 miles.

You can view the route we took on Endomondo, here.

It shows a map of where the trail was.

There are a lot of off shoot trails as well.

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The other entrance is by the horse corrals near where you park.

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Some of the path was open and some was really close with a lot of wading through tall grass.

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Taking an opportunity to cool off.

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It was hot!

My brain thought 90’s was cool because of the 100’s the week before…

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I did figure out that 90’s was still really hot though.

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I am shocked we did not get any ticks!

I would recommend doing this trail in the cooler weather when you did not have to worry about them.

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I am guessing that this is for horses?

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Pretty lake!

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It was a nice trail and not very far away!

I would not mind doing this one again in November or December!