Hi folks, Cleetus here. Are you ready to get out? Simba and I are and today we're going to get out at the Ballard Nature Center right here in Alta Mont Illinois. Stay tuned. We're going to start today's trail on the Savannah Trail and Simba has been feeling a little bit under the weather. So this is his first hike back out and a week or two. So we're going to see how he enjoys it out here. Ballard Nature Center is a great place for a hike, dog walk, or even a nice little jog as you can see. They've got wonderful prairie paths and lots of nature is viewable from from out here at the park. Several ponds, some beautiful bridges and of course some wooded paths also. He's gotten a little of the hyper walk down to be more ready. He's having a great time. As you can see they've recently done some burn off to help manage the growth out here. They do a fantastic job out here of keeping this place a wonderful place for families to come and just come out and enjoy nature. I especially enjoy taking Simba out here because the nice mode paths so it doesn't come home with a bunch of carry-ons and briars and cuckl burrs and all that good stuff. So get to bring him home clean. this is one of the nice structures that they put up overlooking the pond here. here and of course whichever stormy rainy anything like that you've got a place to sit looks like I'm just a little bit late for the fall color change these are pretty well dead and falling off now on most of these trees right through here but they can be absolutely gorgeous when they start to turn I've always really liked this small area right here passing between the evergreens and just pretty just pretty to see well we are now entering the wood trail and this is going to take us through the wooded areas and then back to where we started from it is just absolutely gorgeous on today temperatures perfect the sun shining leaves are falling in just a wonderful day and they do have lots of nice benches periodically throughout the trail take you do need to stop take a break all the trails are open every day until dusk and just a wonderful wonderful way to get out get some exercise walkie-dove take a jog whatever it is you like to do just do nature if you want to and want some places to take some pictures beautiful pond and we probably can't see it but there's a very very nice bridge takes you across it down another trail back there very pretty there's the backside of the nature center lodge and coming back up the truck looks like he will soon jump right in there you go hey there you go picture cover good boy Simba thank you for watching get out today with Simba and I he had a great time again he was a little under the weather but he's a lot better now for more great biking hiking and hiking videos click right down here and if you haven't already please consider subscribing to the channel right up here have a good day