Showing posts with label hike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hike. Show all posts

Monday, December 28, 2009

Manly Men & Wild Women Of The Fort Worth Texas Prairie

Incoming Invite From Don Young:

Need a post-holiday workout in the great out-of-doors? Something vigorous but not too challenging? Feel a need to test your mettle? You're in luck!

Celebrate the new year and the 50th anniversary of THNA by participating in the First Annual Manly Men and Wild Women Hike at Tandy Hills Natural Area.

This will be a border-to border-to-border-to-border hike, tracing the steel cable that defines the 160 acre boundary. Here are five good reasons to join in:

1) You will lose at least 2 pounds. (results vary)
2) See sections of the park known only to birds and coyotes. (and gas drillers)
3) Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the coolest park in Fort Worth. (2010)
4) It won't kill you but will make you stronger (for the Brush Bash)
5) Work up a good appetite for a group lunch (TBA)

Who: Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area

What: Manly Men & Wild Women Hike. (All ages welcome.) No wimps allowed.

When: Saturday, January 2, 2010
10:00 am (allow 1.5 hours for hike)

Where: Tandy Hills Natural Area
3400 View Street
Meet at the Prairie Fest entrance

Why: For the fun and glory of it and to prepare your body and mind for the upcoming Brush Bash (January 23, 2010)

Bring: Water, snack, camera, hiking boots, hat.

RSVP: > > > to Don Young ASAP. <EMAIL>

Monday, July 28, 2008

Point Defiance Hike With Close Ferry Collision

My one reader may remember me mentioning going hiking at Point Defiance a couple times since I've been in Tacoma. And that I went again on Saturday, that time to take video of the hike.

My first day here we walked the beach at Point Defiance and I tried to take a photo of the crystal clear water with my old-fashioned digital camera. That did not come out well. But video of the same water did show how clear it is.

On Saturday, there were dozens of boats of all sizes in the water, from little kayaks to regular fishing boats to yachts to ferrys to container ships.

In the video below you'll go on a hike through old growth forest, spend a little time on the beach, see some very clear water, a lot of boats and a near collision with a ferry. Very dramatic.