Thank you for coming out! I am so glad we got to walk the trail. I can't wait to explore more with you.

Join us for a stroll through the woods of Southwoods Park. The driveway for this park is just off 35th Street, across from the West Des Moines Learning Resource Center. Meet by 10:00 a.m. in the disc golf course parking lot.

We will walk up the paved trail from the lot to the singletrack. We will go around the hill clockwise and double back to walk it counter-clockwise. This route is about 1.5 miles.

Beautiful fall day! Too bad the recent rain made the dirt trail muddy. Thanks for exploring the paved trail with me. Let's hope it's dry Saturday the 18th at Southwoods.

Thanks for coming to one of my new favorite parks, and for trying to point to your favorite spots on the map. lol. I like the "north mixmaster." See you next week at my original favorite park: Sycamore North.

Thanks for coming out to check my mowing of Trail B, too bad it was muddy. lol I really did have fun exploring those other trails though. :-)

Thank you for braving the acorns with me! A bit humid, but otherwise a great day for a hike. I hope to see everyone again next week at Ewing.

I wish more folks had been able to make it for these perfect trail conditions and perfect temperature. Oh well, Dave enjoyed his opportunity to walk at Dave-pace. IYKYK. Hope to see you all next week when we stroll Hillside Trail!

Another lovely day! Thank you for showing up for a delightful trek on the dirt! Next week we will be at Denman Woods.

We got to hike the dirt trail!! Thank you for being there! Did you know that of our previous eleven events, only two were on the soft trail? Let’s hope this good weather holds next week for our stroll at North Sycamore.

I really wanted us to be able to stroll Sycamore South, but this summer has been just so, so wet. Thank you for taking the Riverview Park Trail over to Riverview Park. Maybe things will be dry for Southwoods park next week…

Thanks for braving the forecast! Reality was just damp and humid, no thunderstorms. Had fun wandering around—it's a very pretty park. See you Tuesday the 19th at a NEW (to us) trail: Sycamore South!

Thank you for being flexible. The first trail we wanted to hike was too overgrown, the second was just right, and the rest were too wet. So we took to hardened trails and still found plenty to explore in and around the park! See you at Grandview on Saturday, August 9.

We tried the dirt trail, but were picking up mud. So we explored the park on pavement and grass. Weather wasn't too hot because it was breezy and overcast. See you next week when we are back at Fourmile!

As I predicted the trails were muddy; there was even a bit of flooding. So we took the the paved trail and saw the sights from there. Let's hope it's dry on the 22nd at Ewing.

Hot, but not too hot. And very shady! I love a good walk in the woods. Thank you for joining me for a quick loop of North Sycamore. I hope to see you all Saturday the 12th at Denman Woods.

Grandview doesn't have paved trails as a fallback option, but it does have scenic roads, a playground, and trash for us to pick up. Thank you to everyone who helped explore. Let's hope for drier conditions next Tuesday at North Sycamore!

I wish I could have been there. Jina, thank you for leading and sending me photos!

The forecasted 98% chance of rain turned into nothing. Thank you to everyone who showed up! And welcome to the folks who randomly showed up from out of town to check out the trail!

We hiked, biked, and ran, and picked up bags of trash.

Another paved stroll, but the Ashawa Greenway trail turned out really scenic. Check out the Soft Trail Stroll Facebook group to see everyone's photos. Let's help for nice dry trails on Saturday, June 7 for National Trails Day.

Thanks for coming out on a rainy day. As predicted, Sycamore was muddy and we had to walk the Neal Smith Trail. Longer walk than usual, but we got to see things I had not seen in a while. I hope things are dry next Tuesday for Southwoods Park. Don't forget to put National Trails Day, Saturday, June 7 on your calendar.

The new park is hilly! Thank you for exploring it with me. Next week we will be a Sycamore. But we will be back at Fourmile for #NationalTrailsDay on June 7.

Thank you for joining me on this bright, sunny day. Denman Woods was so GREEN! Next week we'll be at the new Fourmile MTB Park. I hope to see you there.

Thank you for checking out the lilacs with me! After a detour due to mud, we used the soft trails to get to the south end of the lilac arboretum, climbed the hill via the paved trail, and wandered through the lilac bushes taking pictures. I hope to see you again at Denman Woods next week!

I honestly didn't think the trail would be firm enough after the recent rain, but (except for a several yard stretch on the low south side) I am glad we did hike instead of bailing to the paved trail. We saw so many flowers! Thank you for coming, and I hope to see you next Tuesday when we'll look at lilacs at Ewing.

That was a lot of fun and we should do it once a year. My favorite way to describe this trail is "You are always going up or down or around a blind corner, and sometimes all three at once." Thank you for walking it with me! I hope to see you all again at Southwoods on Tuesday the 22nd.

Too bad it wasn't sunny, but thank you for joining me as we explored the SE corner of the park, found flowers, and didn't get lost. I hope to see you Saturday the 12th when we go to Banner for the first time!

Thank you for coming out to Southwoods today and helping me search for signs of spring! I'm glad we could also check out the original Rothschild hiking trail. I hope to see you at Grandview next Tuesday!

I'm glad we were able to get on the dirt today. Conditions were good and the weather was near perfect. Thank you for exploring the extra mile of new trail with me and for hauling out all that trash!

Thank you for enjoying the nice weather with me. Look at that blue sky! Melting snow and recent rain made the dirt trails way too gloppy, but we got a nice tour of parts of the park we don't often see. I hope to see you all on Tuesday the 18th at Denman Woods.

Wow! Hard to believe that just last week we had to cancel due to cold temps and wind chill. Today was beautifully sunny with temps in the mid-40s. All that warm sun melted the snow and made our dirt trails muddy. That meant we had to stick to the paved trails, but I'm not complaining! Hope to see everyone on Saturday, March 8 at Ewing Park.