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Clarion Park and lake is a neat little wildlife refuge within the city that has hiking
trails and paths on both the East and West sides of the lake.
Early Fall is more enjoyable walking those trails than mid-Summer when it's extremely warm. The
changing of the Seasons was certainly evident during Sunday afternoon, October 5, 2003,
as we began walking the West side and moving towards the south end of the lake.
Grasshoppers can be about as evasive as birds when it comes to photographing them,
but they're great fun to chase with the camera lens.
Summer or Fall in Kansas without wild sunflowers would not be Kansas and this
Autumn is no exception.
Other photos of Clarion Lake taken in 1999 and 2001 can be seen by clicking on the links below: