Haphazardly I picked the most humid day we've had to go hiking yesterday at Ledges State Park. It seems anytime I read Outdoors or Outside magazine I just get the nerve to want to do something adventerous and more so just be outside in nature. I knew Iowa had some walking trails close by in the metro area, but I was in the mood for a full-scale climb. Give me vertigo, give me five inch roots sticking up out of the ground and panting breath after fifteen feet of an uphill climb. Fortunately I found something close to what i've hiked around the Northeast. It's no Mt. Washington, however, I was pleasantly surprised at what I hadn't seen much of these last couple years ... a forest.
Ledges State Park in Madrid, Iowa is a little less than an hour northeast of Des Moines. In driving I was amped to just get outside and hike until I lost my sense of direction. It was hot and muggy, but fun. I took a couple pictures just to give you an idea of what I had seen yesterday. Though it may not be all that thrilling - I was appreciative of just getting outside and catching up on activities of fond memory (i.e. hiking the Appalician trail, Mt. Monadonock, and camping/hiking trips with the aunt and uncle).
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