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Takin’ a Walk on the West Side (8/1/2023)

Before getting into todays outing, a few fun facts about our current residence. In 2020, Bozeman had a population of about 54,000, which makes it the 4th largest city in Montana. It lies between the Gallatin and Bridger Mountain Ranges. It is the county seat of Gallatin County, and it has established an impressive Main Street to the Mountains Trail System, a part of which we walked today.

We began our walk at Bozeman Pond Park, which has a dog park (called Lewis and Bark), a fishing pond, as well as some playground equipment. We walked the trail through the park and then took a separate West Side Trail (part of the Main Street to the Mountains system), which followed a creek that emptied into the fishing pond and provided some good views of a number of neighborhoods. We ended up doing about 4 miles.

Below are pics from the outing.

The sign for the park
An interesting location for a slide
Looking back across the first section of the park
towards the Bridger Mountains
The fishing pond.
You can see a dog in for a swim with his human on the side in blue.
Another sign for the pond and also the Optimist Club
that sponsors an annual youth fishing derby at the pond
A rock climbing wall in the park
Another view of the fishing pond with some benches
Signage for the Main Street to the Mountains system
and directions for the West Side Trail
Some runners passing us on the trail, which was mostly gravel.
One of the small bridges along the path
A unique little library or pantry, we didn’t look inside.
Some of the lovely greenery along the path
Another view of the path. This part had these big stones alongside it.
Some lovely newer homes
Coming to the end of the urban path

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