Morad Park Wander - Wondrous Wyoming

I discovered an amazing online trails resource recently, called AllTrails. Here you can find information, maps and directions to many trails all around the world. I plan to use this to take future walks around the area and maybe further afield.

One of our city trails is this Morad Park Loop, which is an easy 0.7 mile loop along the North Platte River - and comprises a short part of the 9.5 mile Platte River Trail. My elder daughter and I walked this one nice day in June.

We walked along the river first. It was interesting to note the life jacket station next to the river. The North Platte is a very fast river, and very dangerous, so life jackets really are required to play in it safely.

Many boaters like to use this river, including these two kayakers.

Lots of different plants grow here, including this succulent - maybe a purslane relative (which beetles and bees seemed to love) and the subsequent Showy Milkweed - which should make the butterflies happy!

I love it when downed logs look like they are some sort of monster! Fire coming out of that critter's mouth any moment!

Thanks for coming with us!

Photos taken by myself in June 2021 with my Nikon D7200.

Past issues of...

Wondrous Wyoming

Casper

Featuring Casper	and	surrounding areas
Stormy Evening Sky	One Wild and Stormy June	Rainbow Casper
July Thunderhead	Smoky Skies August	Stormy Summer Afternoons in Wyoming
East of Casper Mountain	Black Hill and Mule Deer	Fairies and Gnomes
Funnel Cloud	A Spring Walk by the North Platte	Platte River Parkway Bridge in Casper
North Platte River Along the Parkway	Solstice Walk at Crimson Dawn	The Other Side of (Casper) Mountain
View from the Fish Hatchery	Fall on the North Platte	My New Morning View
Solstice Waterfall Walk
Snow
Casper Mountain Falls - Frozen in January	Americana in the Snow	Another Snowy Walk
More Snowy Pictures	Snowy Lamp post	Winter Along the North Platte
Blanket of Winter

Snowy Walk in Wyoming Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
January Walk Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3

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Alcova

Featuring Alcova Dam	Pathfinder Dam	and surrounding
Alcova Dam	Redbeds Near Alcova Dam	Fremont Canyon, part 1
Fremont Canyon, part 2	Pyramid Peak from Below Pathfinder	Below Pathfinder Dam with Flowers
Pathfinder Dam	Pathfinder Reservoir

Flora/Fauna at Alcova - Arnica Angustifolia ,

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Lander

Featuring Lander	and	surrounding areas
Popo Agie River Demo - active v passive	Plants of the Popo Agie River - Arrowleaf Balsamroot	Lander Park
Popo Agie River Sinks	Popo Agie River Rises

Sinks Canyon, Part 1, Part 2

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Glenrock & Rolling Hills

Along Deer Creek - Glenrock Town Park , Bridge Over Deer Creek , Across from Dave Johnston Power Plant ,

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Douglas

Ayres Natural Bridge part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 ; Plants of Ayres Natural Bridge part 1, part 2

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Great Divide Basin and surrounding

Featuring the Great Divide Basin	and	surrounding areas
Ferris Mountains	Independence Rock, March 2019	Great Divide Sunset

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Rawlins

Featuring Rawlins	and	surrounding areas
Street Art in Rawlins, March 2019	Trainspotting in Rawlins, March 2019	Ferris Mansion, Rawlins
Wyoming Frontier Prison	St. Joseph's Catholic Church

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Thermopolis

Featuring Thermopolis	and	surrounding areas
Wind River Canyon May 2019

Thermopolis Mineral Hot Springs, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

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Jackson, Tetons and Yellowstone

Featuring Jackson Hole	the Tetons	Yellowstone, etc.
Glimpse of the Tetons

The Tetons, part 1, part 2,
@daring-celt found herself inspired to create art based on my photos. Here is one of the Tetons - I think it's just gorgeous!

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Kaycee and surrounding

Chris LeDoux Memorial Park

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Border crossings

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