This park is less known but very good for a picnic. Very short hikes and fully shaded picnic tables. We walked along the river and around the lake which was a short stroll. We picnicked there in peace and just rested.
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Victoria, Canada
We took a 90 minute long ferry ride from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, Canada. The ferry ride itself was beautiful. We could see the mountains amidst the blue ocean. Victoria is a small coastal town. It was a big change for us coming from a mountain city. The green town with all thee blue…
Olympic National Park
This is our first time visiting Washington state and it was so good. Maybe we were there on a good week? But It did not rain as much as we expected. It had sun and the lush green was very inviting. We loved the bird eye view when we landed. The water and the lush…
Kid friendly places in Santa Monica
Douglas Park This park is so beautiful. It has pond full of ducks and turtles. We even saw ducklings. So cute. Pigeons visits the pond from time to time. Lot of kids chase these around. Watching the ducks swim was calming even for me. The creek flowing by and the park with a lot of…
Mueller State Park (Second visit)
I am so not sure why we did not explore this park better the first time around. I guess I did not do my research well the first time. This time around with a 1 year old, the way we look at everything has changed. This park is awesome. Really it is. It has small…
Blue Grouse Trail
I am happy to post something here after a long gap in between. We went to the Golden gate canyon park catch the changing colors without having to drive anywhere far. Due to my son’s nap schedule we went there in the afternoon. It was crowded even then. We choose the smallest trial on the…
Ketring Park
We just needed some place quiet and nice to hang out this weekend and this park was perfect. It is located in Littleton so close to us. It has a lake near by and a lovely park with picnic benches under trees. It was cool place to have our lunch. There is also Littleton museum…
Chatfield State Park
We choose this state park as it is close to us and has a swim beach. We went around 10:30 am. Drove around the park which was beautiful. Sadly I did not take any pictures. Park has several access to water, campgrounds and boat rentals. Entry fee is $10. We choose a spot near the…
Eaglewatch Lake
This one is located in the South Platte park. We have actually been here before as we have visited South platte park a couple of times. It was a sunny hot day and we did try to start our hike early. There were a lot of people with their tubes for tubing in the South…
Inspiration Point @ Will Rogers State park
This is a lovely hike. Easy and short but rewards with many beautiful views of coast, city and tree bound trail. This 2 mile loop is situated in Will Roger’s State park. State park has a entry fee of $3/hour. We paid for 2 hours and that was just good enough for us to do…
Enjoying the small things 