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St. Charles County Park to Receive $7 Million in Additions
terrain-mag.com
The approval by the St. Charles County Council to change the name of Youth Activity Park to Kinetic Park leads the way for a major transformation that will be all about energy in motion through advent...
Early Spring is a great time to check out nearby waterfalls. Here's a nice piece on options from the stltoday.com. www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/chasing-waterfalls-where-to-find-more-than-a-dozen-falls-within-100-m...
Chasing waterfalls: Where to find more than a dozen falls within 100 miles of St. Louis
www.stltoday.com
Many of the waterfalls in the region don’t flow strongly until after a good rain, which makes spring an ideal time for catching them.
Don Robinson State Park is a new gem in the Missouri State Park System. It features a great canyon with a nice creek that has several great wet weather waterfalls. These pics are from our trip there on Sunday.
Had to work on some house projects yesterday but we did make it out in the afternoon for our first visit to Bee Tree County Park. Bee Tree was built by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company founder, Eugene Nims, as a weekend retreat. It overlooks the Mississippi River, has large stocked lake, and includes trails, a playground, several nice shelters, and a huge mansion built by the foremost St. Louis architectural firm back in 1929, Maritz & Young. #mississippiriver #missourioutdoors #bigmuddy #missouriphotographer
I knew I had to take advantage of today's warm weather in a special way so I decided it was finally time to get back to paddling and try out the new kayak I got for my wife. My wife, however, was unconvinced that it was warm enough. And I'm like, "it was like 65 today, it'll be great!" But, alas, I ended up heading out to Ellis Bay/Riverlands on my own. ![]()
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Turns out, Ellis Bay was still, for some crazy reason, frozen solid. Apparently a week of single digit temperatures can't be undone by a couple warmish days. ![]()
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It wasn't a complete loss, I did manage to enjoy the sunset and snap a few (230) pics. I usually try to whittle down the pics to no more than 10 but I just couldn't do it with these. Also a couple videos in the comments... ![]()
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#missouriphotographer #mississippiriver #missourioutdoors #winterexplorations #altonillinois #birdphotography
I've been very inspired by the many other St. Louis-based outdoor explorers that I've found and friended through Facebook and Instagram to get out on these cold days. They can offer even more beauty and fascination than you'll ever find during "nice weather". ![]()
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Today's explorations took us to Don Robinson State Park. A quite new park to the fabulous Missouri State Park System and it is truly a gem. I went seeking cool icicles and frozen waterfalls. It certainly delivered. We ran out of time before we got to explore the full 4 mile trail so I'm sure I missed a lot of good stuff (but then, the short-cut trail had some great stuff too).
The peaceful waterfalls and streams of Engelmann Woods Natural Area near St. Louis during a nice, sustained Winter rain.
I enjoyed Engelmann Woods so much last weekend I decided I needed to go back and see it after 10 hours of steady rain plus some snow melt. So glad I did. Spectacular. Here are a few pics from today. More pics and some videos on our website.
Loved this shot by a friend of Forest Park today in the snow. Forest Park is a key spot for my mini-adventures.
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