Woodland Wanderers Photo Gallery

Iowa State Parks
20 in 2020

September 23 thru October 8, 2020

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The Completion Patch


The Greater Des Moines Volkssport Association and the Nebraska Wander Freund Trailblazers worked together to sanction 20 seasonal events in Iowa, each in a different state park. We decided this would be a significant challenge, not only because there were 20 of them, but because they ended October 15!

So we packed up the RV with all our clothes and the cat and headed out. We did do some on the way out and the way back, but those are documented elsewhere. We wound up being able to do 19 of the 20, but did the 20th as a virtual event as it was closed because of weather damage (a derecho in August). (I'm not going to tell you - go look it up yourself!).

I took most of the pictures. I apologize for my finger in some of them. The number of pictures varies with the interest or difficulty of the event.

Here is a movie showing an overview of the entire trip. It's about 14 minutes long. Works best full screen and turn the volume UP.

Day-by-Day, Park-by-Park for the Entire Trip

September 23
Waubonsie State Park; Hamburg, Iowa

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September 24
Lake of Three Fires State Park; Bedford, Iowa

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September 25
Lake Manawa State Park; Council Bluffs, Iowa

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September 26, 2020
Lake Anita State Park; Anita, Iowa

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September 27, 2020
Prairie Rose State Park; Harlan, Iowa

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September 28, 2020
Lewis & Clark State Park; Onawa, Iowa

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September 28, 2020
Stone State Park; Sioux City, Iowa

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September 29, 2020
Big Creek State Park; Polk City, Iowa

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September 30, 2020
Stephens State Forest; Chariton, Iowa

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October 1, 2020
Ledges State Park; Madrid, Iowa

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October 2, 2020
McIntosh Woods State Park; Ventura, Iowa

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October 2, 2020
Pilot Knob State Park; Forest City, Iowa

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October 3, 2020
Beed's Lake State Park; Hampton, Iowa

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October 4, 2020
Pikes Peak State Park; McGregor, Iowa

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October 4, 2020
Volga River SRA; Fayette, Iowa

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October 5, 2020
Mines of Spain SRA; Dubuque, Iowa

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Virtual Event
Palisades-Kepler State Park

There are no photos for Palisades-Kepler State Park. It suffered major damage during a derecho on August 10 and remains closed. We treated it as a virtual event and included additional distance on the other 19 events to gather our 5K for this.

October 6, 2020
Lake MacBride State Park; Solon, Iowa

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October 7, 2020
Lake Darling State Park; Brighton, Iowa

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October 8, 2020
Geode State Park; Danville, Iowa

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