Hiking30:03 1.19 km (25:18 / km) +67m19:42 / km ahr:103 max:122 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Reimert Memorial Bird Haven near Alburtis, to see what's there. It's a Wildlands Conservancy property in Lehigh Co, advertised as "2 miles of trails on 11 acres." Ummm, not so much. This was a balloon hike, kinda; maybe more of a balloon-animal. ;-)
We noted two charcoal platforms (and possibly a third) which are where I took splits. I took a few photos at the more southerly one, which we passed by first.
A slightly cooler day; sunny and in the upper 40s.
Walking46:27 2.03 km (22:53 / km) ahr:97 max:138
Lock Ridge Furnace Park in Alburtis. I'd been here once before, Apr. 20, 2018, when the grape hyacinths were in full bloom. We should go back in 2-3 weeks...there were some flowers in bloom but there will be a lot more. (We saw some near Lehigh Parkway yesterday that reminded me of the ones at this park which are much more organized/extensive.) The cover of the current Pennsylvania magazine has a photo from probably last spring.
Walking1:24:44 6.45 km (13:08 / km) +79m12:23 / km ahr:103 max:139 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Lehigh Parkway and some bike trails with Glen, plus a loop around Lindberg Park. We stopped to take a look at the fish at the fish nursery (including a "trophy" sized golden trout) before heading back to the car. 72(!) and partly cloudy to start...variable clouds as it was sunny near the end of the walk.
Then grocery store for perishables (and to see if they'd restocked the paper product aisle yet--nope. Rice/pasta aisle still almost empty as well).
Walking50:41 4.91 km (10:20 / km) +55m9:47 / km ahr:106 max:134
Another partly sunny day, mid-upper 50s, slight breeze at times. Nice. Forsythia, magnolias, and other early-blooming trees and shrubs are starting to open buds.
Hiking56:11 3.97 km (14:10 / km) +144m11:59 / km ahr:112 max:148 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
At Trexler Nature Preserve, blue and purple trails in the northern part of the park. We parked near the ford, and while Glen ran I hiked up the ridge overlooking the elk pen (saw 5, lying down) and continued along the road to the purple trail which looped back (and down and up!) to the blue below the American chestnut tree nursery.