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Wandering Wednesday: Woodland Hills Nature Park

I was going to make the attempt to visit over the course of the weekend. However, due to personal obligations and other prior engagements, I delayed my visit to Woodland Hills Nature park. I figured i could try to scope out the park on Monday but the weather was calling for a nasty snow sleetContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Woodland Hills Nature Park”

Wandering Wednesday: Stage Nature Center

a stream in the forest at the stage nature center

This week we manage to wander to Stage Nature Center located in Troy Michigan. Since my last couple of outings weren’t really big on hiking i figured I’d scope out the trail located here. About Trails While the nature center itself has set hours access to the trails are from dawn to dusk every day.Continue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Stage Nature Center”

Wandering Wednesday: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore

Seldom I travel to the west side of my home state. This is more out of practical reasons than anything as you may or may not be aware of is how vast the state of Michigan is, in order to reach my destination which was the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Shoreline in Empire Michigan, IContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore”

Wandering Wednesday: The Rustic Inwood Trails of Stony Creek

This week the location I traveled to is the Inwood Trails which are apart of Stony Creek Metroparks. This section of trails is located in Washington Township Michigan. The Inwood Rustic Trails are one of the many trails you can explore while visiting Stony Creek Metropark. Some would say that this area of the parkContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: The Rustic Inwood Trails of Stony Creek”

Wandering Wednesday: Dodge Park

During the brief 3 day weekend that was granted to me and the other delivery drones thanks to it being New Years I manage to squeeze out a session at one of my favorite places, Dodge Park. The park is located in the city of Sterling Heights Michigan and the park is open year roundContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Dodge Park”

Wandering Wednesday: Draper Twin Lake Park

Peak color for autumn has more or less past and from now until the snow starts to stick around you will see the remnants on some of the trees here in Michigan. Fortunately at the time I captured these photos the trees were still covered in their leafy glory. In some of the photos youContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Draper Twin Lake Park”

Wandering Wednesday: Red Oaks Nature Center

the paved trail provides a wonderful opportunity to walk through the woods at red oaks nature center

This week’s excursion to the great outdoors takes me to a small park in the city of Madison Heights Michigan. The Redwood Oaks Nature Center occupies about 37 acres of land and its hiking trail is pretty much paved but if you like walks through the woods then I would recommended scoping this place outContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Red Oaks Nature Center”

Wandering Wednesday: St.Clair Metropark

A warf empties out into the channel that leaves the park and joins the rest of lake st.clair. you can see the drama of the sunset

St.Clair Metro Park is located in the city of Harrison Township Michigan. The park occupies about 770 acres here and is on of my favorite locations to travel to while in south east Michigan. For this particular session I was accompanied by my pal John. We mainly stuck toward the Nature center and did notContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: St.Clair Metropark”

Wandering Wednesday: Port Crescent State Park

A scenic view of the Pinnebog River at Port Crescent State Park

Over the weekend I took a day trip to Port Crescent State park and walked along the beach. This particular park occupies what is 260 acres of land. And is one of seven parks that offers a dark sky preserve in the State of Michigan. It also hosts a camping ground and some spectacular viewsContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Port Crescent State Park”

Wandering Wednesday: Bear Creek Nature Park

Enjoy the view of the Bear Creek Marsh from the boardwalk.

The Bear Creek Nature park is located in Oakland township Michigan. It’s a smaller park as the area is about 107 acres of land. What’s nice about this particular hiking area aching area is how clean it is! No litter anywhere on the trail, it was probably the most pristine hiking area I’ve been toContinue reading “Wandering Wednesday: Bear Creek Nature Park”