Friday, January 3, 2025

2024 Family Goals

  1.  52 Hikes - 32
    1. 1/1: Bastrop State Park: Scenic Overlook Trail; 2.5 miles
    2. 1/1: Bastrop State Park: Lost Pines Trail; 1.4 miles
    3. 1/3: Lake Catherine State Park: Falls Branch Trail; 2 miles
    4. 1/4: Lake Ouachita State Park: Caddo Bend Trail; 3.5 miles
    5. 1/5: Bob Sandlin State Park: Lakeview Loop; 1.7 miles
    6. 1/13: Inks Lake State Park: Devils Backbone Trail; 3.9 miles
    7. 1/20: Colorado Bend State Park: Gorman Falls Trail; 3 miles
    8. 1/20: Colorado Bend State Park: Spicewood Springs Trail 1.2 miles
    9. 2/4: Barton Creek Greenbelt: Twin Falls to Sculpture Falls; 3.4 miles
    10. 2/18: Wildflower Center; 2.1 miles
    11. 3/13: Everglades National Park: Anhinga Trail; 1 mile
    12. 3/13: Everglades National Park: Gumbo Limbo, Eco Pond, and Mahogany Hammock Trail; 1.5 mile
    13. 3/14: Big Cypress National Preserve: Kirby Storter Trail; 1 mile
    14. 3/15: Canaveral National Seashore: 3.5 miles
    15. 4/21: Zilker Nature Preserve: 2 miles
    16. 5/12: St. Edward's Park: 4.3 miles
    17. 5/19: Inks Lake State Park, Lake Trail: 2.25 miles
    18. 5/25: Palo Duro State Park, Rock Garden Trail: 2.25 miles
    19. 5/25: Coal Mine Campground, Ciobola National Forest: 1 mile
    20. 5/26: El Malpais National Monument, El Calderon Loop: 4 miles
    21. 5/26: Bandera Volcano, Grants, NM: 1.4 miles
    22. 5/26: El Malpais National Monument, Lava Falls Trail: 1.25 miles
    23. 5/27: Petroglyph National Monument, Mesa Point Trail: .3 miles
    24. 5/27: Petroglyph National Monument, Piedras Marcadas Canyon: 1.5 miles
    25. 6/14: Wildflower Center: 1.2 miles
    26. 6/15: Pease Park: 1 mile
    27. 6/16: Violet Crown Trail: 2.7 miles
    28. 8/17: Oak Parke Greenbelt: 1.6 miles
    29. 10/20: Guadalupe River State Park: 3.2 miles
    30. 11/3: Violet Crown Trailhead: 4.1 miles
    31. 11/26: Ebony Trail, Resaca de la Palma State Park: 1.4 miles
    32. 11/26: Wader's Trail and Spoonbill Loop, Estero Llano Grande State Park: 1.4 miles
  2. 10 New State Parks (any state) - 7
    1. Lake Catherine State Park - Arizona - January
    2. Lake Ouachita State Park - Arizona - January
    3. Bob Sandlin State Park - Texas - January
    4. Guadalupe River State Park - Texas - October
    5. Cedar Hill State Park - Texas - November
    6. Resaca de la Palma State Park - Texas - November
    7. Estero Llano Grande State Park - Texas - November
  3. 100 Family Miles - 70 miles
    1. January Total: 19.2
    2. February Total: 5.5
    3. March Total: 7 miles
    4. April Total: 2 miles
    5. May Total: 18.25
    6. June Total: 6.5 miles
    7. August Total: 1.6 miles
    8. October Total: 3.2 miles
    9. November Total: 7 miles
  4. 6 new states - 2
    1. Arkansas - January
    2. Florida - March
  5. Try Something New - kayaking
  6. Read 30 Books as a Family - 12
    1. The Secret Letters: Mysteries of Trash & Treasure (Book 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (audiobook)
    2. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unmapped Sea (Book 5) by Maryrose Wood (audiobook)
    3. Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson (audiobook)
    4. A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry (audiobook)
    5. Big Tree by Brian Selznick
    6. The Boggart by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
    7. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Book 3) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
    8. Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Book 4) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
    9. Gregor and the Code of Claw (Book 5) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
    10. The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic (Book 2) by Cressida Cowell
    11. The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times (Book 3) by Cressida Cowell
    12. The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever (Book 4) by Cressida Cowell