Yesterday morning I suggested to Dale that we do an early park run for Travel Tuesday. The temperatures were going to be suffocating in the afternoon, so an early ride was just the ticket. It was a beautiful morning for a top down ride in the convertible. We hadn't visited any of the undeveloped natural areas yet, so I picked one of those, Bloomberg Park.
All I knew about this park is that it sits on what was once a landfill, and is still the area where the city dumps the Fall leaf collection. It's part of several undeveloped areas that will eventually become part of 300 acres of city parkland along Coryell Ridge, Moon Mountain, Hendricks Park and the Ribbon Trail. This will be a dedicated conservation area not too far from the city center.
When we got to the end of the road, we were met by not one, but two city gates. The first was here at our destination, Bloomberg Park. But turn literally 90 degrees, and there was another city gate and another posted sign for Black Oak Basin, another undeveloped city park.
Right now it looks like a ski hill / fire break / utility line easement. Eventually this, too, will be a part of the 300 acre conservation area.
When we turned around again, we faced this dense forest
and blackberry brambles for miles.
The berries are coming along nicely. This will be a prime picking area in another week or two.
So how about that? We got an unexpected two-fer for this week's #traveltuesday.
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