Biking50:49 13.96 km (3:38 / km) +25m3:36 / km ahr:120 max:147 shoes: Trek DS 3 hybrid
To PO to mail a card, then back home with a few extra loops. Near 80 and sunny.
Stopped at one of the storm drainage ponds in the community because I saw something different...at least five waterbirds of some sort, possibly upland sandpipers, tho AllAboutBirds shows male and female looking the same and there were two different colorations among the ones I saw.
I only had my older smartphone along which takes lousy photos unless you're close to something. I don't suppose they'd still be there after dinnertime.
7 PM
Walking29:09 1.39 km (20:59 / km) ahr:92 max:137
Went to the storm basin and the water birds were still there (I counted 6). Local Audubon Facebook group founder ID'd them as greater and lesser yellowlegs, and a dowitcher. (There was also a mallard in the water...)
Hiking2:49:21 9.06 km (18:42 / km) +147m17:18 / km ahr:94 max:142 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Tuscarora State Park north of Tamaqua and west of Jim Thorpe, PA. 67F and partly to mostly sunny...a beautiful day for a hike with Glen.
We hiked around the lake. The Spirit of Tuscarora trail near the beginning splits at one point and we took the trail closer to Locust Creek...which was underwater in a few places, so we had to bushwhack. Fortunately the floodplain didn't have too many scratchy things. Some parts of the trail beyond the flooded part were quite wet (we had 1.25" rain yesterday) but most of the hike was on dry trails.
Heard a bunch of birds, saw a pileated woodpecker cross the road while we drove to the park, and saw a snake near the flooded trail (I thought it was a muddy milk snake; but after comparing my photo to others, think it was a northern watersnake).
My legs were a bit tired from yesterday, so I started losing steam about halfway through, but we made it. I had one hiking pole along, which was a big help on the muddy sections and side-hill stream crossings.
Walking1:01:58 5.75 km (10:47 / km) +127m9:43 / km ahr:106 max:144
65 F and mostly cloudy but no rain. Wanted hills bit not the normal loop, so headed up Spring Rd ... and up and up, until I reached the top, then turned around. Felt fine (strong) until the last stretch from near the road bend but kept chugging. Then I got to come back down.
Stopped a couple places to take pictures of wildflowers -- bugle and dame's rocket among them.
Hiking1:02:48 3.73 km (16:50 / km) +46m15:52 / km ahr:104 max:144 shoes: 2015 Altra LP2.0-9 lime
A few jogging spurts, but mostly hiking on the South Park hike/mtbike trail at Nockamixon SP. Low to mid-60s and mostly sunny.
Stopped my watch to take pics at the Gnome Home, and again when I encountered Glen on his bike (these trails can be gnarly in places, so I haven't ridden in this part). Didn't stop it while I took pics of flowers near the end.