Weston Bend State Park, MO
Printed From: R-pod Owners Forum
Category: R-pod Discussion Forums
Forum Name: Camping Adventures
Forum Discription: Post your camping adventures here for all to share
URL: http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1801
Printed Date: 15 May 2024 at 6:14am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 9.64 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Weston Bend State Park, MO
Posted By: DocTom
Subject: Weston Bend State Park, MO
Date Posted: 16 May 2011 at 10:25pm
|
We spent the weekend at Weston Bend State Park, north of Kansas City, at the Audubon Society's "Wings over Weston" festival. Marvelous park, good hiking and biking, and during the migratory times of spring and fall, there is an amazing variety of birds not usually seen in this area. Every time I visit this park I am more impressed. It is not a park to just drive through, one would see nothing of interest, but when one gets out and walks the trails and watches the forest canopy, it is simply amazing.
There is also a paved trail that we took to walk to the main street of Weston, MO (a pre-Civil War town, and a campsite of the Corps of Discovery in July, 1804), about 1.5 miles, pretty flat and nice, as opposed to the biking trail which has some very steep hills (a strenuous, but healthy walk).
Here is a link to pictures of the pod, the park and the festival:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/580207372EUnjFZ - http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/580207372EUnjFZ
Tom ------------- Brush and Floss, It is the Secret of Life! |
Replies:
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 17 May 2011 at 12:29am
|
Nice pictures. When I get all of my projects done then we can get out and play like that. Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
|
Posted By: BIG BEAR
Date Posted: 17 May 2011 at 4:13am
|
great pics, looks like fun. thanks for sharing ------------- LIFE DOESNT WAIT. ENJOY IT. THE ALIEN CRAFT 2011 SURVEYOR SPORT TOYOTA FJ CRUISER |
Posted By: Snowbound
Date Posted: 17 May 2011 at 4:09pm
|
Thanks for sharing.
How old is Louie? He looks young.
B------------- Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod" |
Posted By: DocTom
Date Posted: 17 May 2011 at 8:20pm
Louie (being a rescue dog, we are not certain) is around 10.5. He keeps young, just like we do by hiking all over the place. He even has his own hiking boots:
 ------------- Brush and Floss, It is the Secret of Life! |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 17 May 2011 at 8:44pm
|
Louie's boots look almost exactly like the kind the Iditarod dogs wear to save their feet from getting cut up in the ice and snow! ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: DocTom
Date Posted: 18 May 2011 at 7:48am
|
We do summer hiking in the Rockies as well as around the midwest, and they do protect his feet. I love to hike, but I don't think it would be fun for Louie or me to carry his 60 pounds 10 miles down a rocky mountain trail if he injured his paws. He tolerates them just fine (after the 1st one or two minutes) and really seemed to appreciate them in last winters ice and snow. He didn't need them at Weston Bend as the trails are asphalt or leaf covered dirt through the forest. ------------- Brush and Floss, It is the Secret of Life! |