It was indeed a beautiful weekend for a hike and I found another park across a bridge I wanted to walk across for months, but seemed to never have the time for. I happened to love how it was situated, close by a shopping district, and yet...here was this urban oasis with a trail that just begged to have me explore it.
One you get up the semi-steep incline (just enough that you feel pins and needles in the back of your legs) I came to this walk way. The air was full of the smell of pine trees...just dripping with it that reminded me of my youth in the wooded areas of Minnesota (without the snow of winter or the mosquitoes during the warmer months). It perfumed the area.
And then, I stopped and stood in amazement. A weight bench? I wanted to blink. In the middle of the woods, in this clearing was a gym. I know it's not exactly Venice Beach in California, but here in the middle of the woods was a ready made gym with weatherized equipment. 
It was too good to be true, all of the equipment used a person's own body weight to use for resistance. I admit, it got me motivated to at least try the equipment just to see if they were in working order (of course it was). What a great investment in the community...not to mention a great way to not only stay in shape, but to work out any stress as well. I thought of the past health clubs and gyms I had belonged to in the past, and somehow they all paled in comparison...under the beauty of the surrounding trees, the sound of the birds, well there is no competition.
Though there is a bit of a hike to get here...I believe it was worth it.
