By far, our favorite things to do outdoors in our town, revolve around our trail system. We can count on the trails to be a shady retreat in the summer, a brilliant display of color in the fall and until the first snow fall, the trees provide a protective screen from the winter winds.
Several times a year we ride our bikes on the trail as a family. We bike all the way downtown and have lunch at a terrific local pub and grill. I also try to run the trail as often as I can.
Here's the layout I created to tell our trail story.
And as you can see, even our dog, Tucker, had to be included. I just say, "Let's go to the trail!" and he is ready to go.
Here's another close-up.
So, what's your favorite thing to do in your town?
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I live in Knoxville Tn and we are so fortunate to live close to the Smokey Mountains! My fave weekend getaway is to head up there for some quiet time and just enjoy nature! Of course if I am in a shopping mood there is that too!! Up that way in Pigeon Forge there is an AMAZING scrapbook superstore!!!! GOTTA love that!!!
ReplyDeletethis is so beautiful! Your pictures are so peaceful - what a neat trail.
ReplyDeleteI just moved to a new town so I'm still discovering it. Right now, my favorite thing to do is sit out on our deck, read a book, eat a meal, enjoy the quiet and watch some deer run by.
I just moved to the D.C. area a year ago. I like that there is so much to do here that is FREE. Lots of museums, monuments, historic homes! Also, if you leave the district, you've got lots of wilderness to hike and the Potomac to cruise on.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!! WOW! We sure don't have trails like that around here!
ReplyDeleteI live in Louisiana and some of my favorite things is to tour the antebellum homes.
ReplyDeletemy only favourite thing to do in town is shopping at craft store.
ReplyDeleteThis layout is so whimsical and fun! I would have to say the majority of people in Norman, OK would say the favorite thing to do in our town is go to the OU Football Games. My fave? To go shopping! : )
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! This is so awesome! I LOVE how you did the journaling down the sides and your pictures are just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteConnie, I'm from Louisiana and I must admit I didn't do enough touring of Antebellum homes when I lived there and now I really regret it.
ReplyDeleteI love reading all your favorite things to do!! Keep it up! :)
This is a terrific post! I think my favorite thing is to drive over to Puget Sound (Seattle)about 20 minutes away, and walk the beaches and find a good seafood restaurant. But spending the weekend at Mt. Rainier can't be beat either. A day at the farmer's market is fun too!
ReplyDeleteI adore all the little parks and the huge walking trail that runs along the Stones River!
ReplyDeleteI can see why it is your favorite place!! Just gorgeous! My favorite thing to do in my town of St. George, UT is to hike in the beautiful red rock areas.
ReplyDeleteWe have a small pioneer village located right in the center of our small town. It is so cool to take the kids and experience days gone by...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteI like the great local food
ReplyDeleteI live in a small town which I like but I am close to a bigger town so I have the river, culture, and nightlife within 40 min of where I live. And we have seasons even though this past month has been hot and only hot.
ReplyDeleteI live at the beach and love to walk on the beach. We also have an awesome street faire every Tuesday with a farmers market on main street, across from our pier...love going there :)
ReplyDeletemy fave thing is Lehi Days, a week long city week of activites- parades, the rodeo, carnival, picnic in the park and movie park night. my kids and I love it, it's like a mini vacation and we look forward to it every year. Also the ever famous Lehi Roller Mills- yum
ReplyDeleteWe live in a suburb of Houston, Texas, and just this summery husband got season tickets to the Houston Dynamo games. With World Cup fever this past summer, we've loved to go to the pro soccer games, enjoy the crowd, and enjoy family time together!
ReplyDelete-Cynthia
We can boast the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and we are also the home of the College World Series. But there is a quiet country charm to our city that brings people back for other reasons too.
ReplyDeleteWe have a park named Garden of the Gods - aptly named - in Colorado Springs and we love it. Lots of family hikes there. With camera in tow, of course.
ReplyDeleteSo in Florida, Panama City to be exact,our favorite thing is to enjoy the water. We are priviledged to be less than 5 min from the lake and a short, very short, drive to the Gulf of Mexico - so Blessed!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to do in my small town of Souderton, PA is to go to "Concert Sundaes in the Park". Every Sunday evening in the summer there is musical entertainment and a service organization serving ice cream sundaes to raise funds for their organization. We have a beautiful park and bandshell, it is a nice relaxing and fun event to look forward to every Sunday.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to do in my town is watch Alabama football!
ReplyDeleteLove to watch my kids play sports. A very close 2nd is going home to Louisiana and see my LSU Tigers play football or baseball.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to do in Minocqua is watch the eagles fly over the lakes, teaching their young ones to catch fish.
ReplyDeleteI live in a tiny town of 2,100 people. However, we live only about 40 minutes from the Great River Road in Illinois along side the Mississippi River. In the Fall there are so many Fall festivals and apple picking going on.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite thing about my town, Hong Kong, is that it can be many things - dynamic, noisy, crowded, yet at the same time, peaceful, friendly and green!
ReplyDeleteI love the small town feel, the local high school football games, the kiddie park..just a great community to raise a family!!
ReplyDeleteGood question and thanks for the chance!
Our favorite thing is the splash pads, the nature centers and our small town community events like movies in the park.
ReplyDelete-Kristin
Our whole fam are also cyclists. My husband and I ride our tandem bicycle together but my son and my hubby are also on a mountain bike team together. Lately I have also loved Letterboxing and geocaching in our little town. -Alisa
ReplyDeleteI live in an area call Paya Lebar in little Singapore. I love the friendliness of people in my town - they nod and smile when I'm out and about.
ReplyDeletebeautiful layout Leslie! I just love those big beautiful pics!
ReplyDeleteI live in Palm Coast, Florida - located in between Daytona Beach and Saint Augustine. The beach here is beautiful, it's what I love best. It's never crowded, and it's so peaceful to watch the pelicans and sand pipers on the shoreline.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this layout! Love how you included so many photos!
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