2022-01-18 - Icy Wheaton Regional Park

~3.4 mi @ ~14.6 min/mi

"See the beauty!" and "Pause to consciously improve your well-being" advises a Garden Mindfulness sign, which continues:

• Bring attention to the natural movements around you.
• Fully appreciate the beauty of nature.
• Feel gratitude for the natural world that surrounds you.

Paths and sidewalks are mostly clear of slippery ice patches. Fences have gaps a bit too narrow to squeeze through. The anti-deer grate on the road at Brookside Gardens is still there, and a decade after first crossing (2011-04-23 - Oh Deer Gate) there is now a pedestrian boardwalk around it.

(trackfile) - ^z - 2022-02-14