If you’re lucky, you live long enough to slow down. Let the youth have their CrossFit boxes and Barry’s Bootcamps. You and I? We’re going to the woods. Get in, loser: We’re going to look for owls. I used to go to Percy Warner Park to run the 5.8-mile loop or cycle the 11.2 — or sometimes, if I was training for a hike, the staircase. These days, I’m going for the wildlife. It’s not unusual to see the following on one short hike: turkey, deer, hawk, barred owl. (I’d list all the birds, but I have a word count to hit.) If you’re looking for a free wildlife walk with the potential to see owls and hawks and deer (and if you can parallel park), Percy Warner is the place
Best Park for a Wildlife Walk
