Somewhat recovered from last weekend’s marathon, I decided to keep up the bit of hiking fitness with a few walks around three Jefferson County Open Space parks I hadn’t visited.
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A short two mile walk around the South Valley Park and it’s rock formations started my day.
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With the sun and scenery I was feeling happier than the artist’s rendition of a sad-looking, extinct proto-mammal on the informative signs.
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A few other hikers and a couple runners were also out this morning.
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Following a few back roads I’d never been on I found Deer Creek Canyon road aptly named.
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At Meyer Ranch Park I hiked most of the trails for a short 4 miles through the trees.
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Finally I took a 3 mile loop around the Flying J Ranch Park which was the least interesting of all 3 parks. Young trees with a lot of stumps and fire openings provided little of scenic interest. Maybe with some more snow this would make a fun cross country ski loop.
