My home town in New Jersey was tiny and I highly doubt there are 5 activities to do in town. Same with the town I moved from when we moved here! Therefore I’m going to write about 5 activities in my current town, which I’m proud to call home!
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Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead is by far the best place for kids and families in town! We love it. It’s free on weekdays and $2 per person Friday-Sunday. These pictures are from our very first trip to the farm in August 2009!
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The Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is about the farthest south you can go in my town – near the actual farmland of Kansas! It’s a beautiful area full of paths, trees, flowers, and gardens. There is a new train garden which we have yet to visit! Pictures from our first visit in April 2010:
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When you think of Kansas you might think I live in the middle of nowhere, but we have everything you’d ever want available. The shopping is great! I live about 3 miles from the closest mall, which includes Gabbie’s favorite store – American Girl, as well as my favorite – Gymboree! We also live close to Target, Walmart, etc. Downtown in the summer we have a farmers’ market as well.
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There are 83 parks in town! On a nice day, a favorite activity is to check out a playground we haven’t been to before. With so many parks, we could hit a new one each time! However, we tend to stick to the one that is a block away from our house – it’s just the easiest to get to!
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The Indian Creek Bike and Hike trail is 17 miles long, 10 of which run through our town. I spent a lot of time on the trail training for the 1/2 marathon and I actually have fond memories of running there! I look forward to running on the trail again when it is warm enough and I’m ready to run outside again. This was taken the day I first ran to the very end of the trail – not in town, not even in Kansas!
Who is ready to come visit me? I didn’t even share all the cool things to do in neighboring areas!