Ft. Harrison State Park: Bliss for $4

Need some zen? Head to 59th St and Post to the Fort Harrison State Park. We love this place and feel so lucky that it was kept as a park and not developed with houses. This is a great place for nature lovers, runner, walkers, and cyclists. There is a big asphalt loop called Harrison Trace Trail in case you don't like to venture into the woods. If you like a hill, you can walk or pedal up to the horse barns. If you like walking in the woods, they have several terrific trails such as the particularly scenic Fall Creek Trail with the Fall Creek Boardwalk and Observation Deck. As you may have gathered from the name, you are walking along Fall Creek on this trail so you get to enjoy the sound of the water and you might see deer or hear exotic birds. Just this past week, a couple of nice ladies alerted Mrs. WYA! to the fact that a trio of woodpeckers were in the area that she was headed towards. It is hard to believe that this amazing respite is just minutes from 465. They are currently building another playground area but we hope that they don't have plans for too much more development. We think it is pretty perfect the way it is. We actually wish that they'd close it as a park and just let us live there.