The Clay Pits of Lilydale Regional Park

View of Lake PickerelEarlier this week Lexi and I returned to Lilydale Regional Park to check out the clay pits. We made a bit of an adventure out of it by biking over to Lilydale Regional Park (less than a mile) and then hiking down the trail. We brought along one of those backpack carrier things so when Lexi got tired of walking I loaded her up on my back and the hike continued. Which was a good thing, since by the end of it I was up to my ankles in mud (remember all that rain I talked about?). As usual, we took a few pics and even some video.

We found some pretty amazing cliffs (OK, seriously, who lives here?) that are apparently used for ice climbing in the winter. We also found some mangled metal and concrete, apparently leftover from the Twin Cities Brick Quarry days. It’s hard to believe all this is within sight of downtown St. Paul.

Oh, and some of the video is geeky enough to post right here:


Hiking with Lexi from kevinhendricks on Vimeo.

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