How lovely! I absolutely love places like that. I love to walk the trails, sit on the docks, enjoy the waterfowl and the boats. And how great that you found a place to practice yoga.

... One of the things that perplexed me when I first came to live in this country, was how could people have access to and the freedom to roam these nature reserves, yet be so caught up in consumerism.

Oh my, isn't that the truth? The antidote to my angst about that very thing is realizing that if everyone wanted to be out in nature like I do, it would be horribly trampled and over-run!