Friday, March 3, 2017

Des Moines

Well, we're back in Des Moines and I was jonesin' for a hike. I really had no choice but to simply go for a walk instead. So, I walked across town to my sister's, at Beatnik Urban Farm No. 1. Got to walk through the sculpture park downtown, and past Sec Taylor Ballpark (I refuse to use the corporate name), where I discovered how much time is left until the Cubs' first pitch.

Sculpture park.
Sec Taylor.

Des Moines River.
Sec Taylor.

Beatnik Urban Farm No. 1 (fruit trees in the foreground).




Pontatoc Canyon-Finger Rock Loop (Warning: Unofficial)

  I have read two or three AllTrails hike descriptions mentioning a possible new trail connecting Pontatoc Canyon and the Finger Rock Trail,...