Olive Branch City Park, Olive Branch, Mississippi 6/9/2010

I have been getting out and doing some walking and short hikes, even though I have not been keeping this site up to date. I have been walking a lot of the same park trails that I have already discussed here, and I originally intended this blog for describing new trails and parks that I have discovered.

I have to balance a lot of things, and when my job takes me somewhere I have never been, I always try to find somewhere close that I can go for a walk, no matter how little time I have.

I found a nice city park in Olive Branch, Mississippi that goes by the easy to remember name of the Olive Branch City Park. The park features three small ponds(one has a pier), a complete paved walking trail that is two miles in length. This is a city park, so the trail winds around tennis courts, ball fields, etc. It also goes through some wooded areas and passes all of the ponds on the 135 acre park.

For more info, go to Olive Branch City Park.

It was a hot day, and I should have gotten up sooner, but I have been working from 8:00 PM until 2:30 AM in the area, so I don't wake up before the heat of the day grabs hold of everything. I just walked the two mile path one time, and I wish I had brought my good walking shoes, however, the $25.00 baggage check fee at the airport means that I pack less and do laundry more.

When I walked by the ball fields, I could not help but notice the familiar yellow drainage tubes used on the warning track. I read the label, and sure enough it was Poly-Drain from Baughman Tile Co., Inc., Paulding, Ohio. I have to put that in here since I was born in Paulding!

I apologize for not having a better camera. I had to settle for the Blackberry camera phone.