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Purple Martin Greenway (1/26/23)

We are still in a weather pattern where every 2 to 3 days we get a full day of rain. No complaints, as it hasn’t stormed, but it does make for restlessness among our human and canine household. Yesterday was another rain day, and Sunday looks to be another one.

Today, however, was beautiful, so we drove about 25 minutes to the cute town of Rutherfordton (population 3,600) to check out the Purple Martin Greenway. We took Cooper along to get some new smells and a little variety in his walks.

The Purple Martin Greenway is a lovely paved trail system named for the Purple Martin bird, which appeared on the family crest of the gentleman for whom the town is named. The three of us had a lovely walk and saw others out walking as well.

Turning in to park near the trail.
Love the smoking sign in a state that once made it’s living off of tobacco.
The trail signage. We noticed a longer trail (yellow) on the right,
Thermal Belt Rail Trail, which we hope to check out as well.
Starting out. Note the PMG logo on the trail.
The adorable Cooper.
There was some nice stone edging along parts of the trail.
An attractive picnic area and healing garden
The healing garden
Another picnic area with a free little library.
Enjoying the walk
A purple bridge for the Purple Martin Greenway
Cooper hooked into his car seat for the drive back

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