This free Soft Trail Stroll series is designed to help people looking for a simple way to become more active, and to increase appreciation of our local soft trails.

Where: Grandview Park 2300 East 32nd Street, Des Moines

Let’s head back to Grandview Park. It is a 60-acre park at the corner of Easton Avenue and East 33rd Street in Des Moines. There are several parking lots. Park in the lot along East 32nd Street just north of Guthrie Avenue. We will leave from there at 10:00 a.m.

Our walk will use the Grandview Nature Trail and paved roads in the park to make a loop of about 1.7 miles. This time we’ll head round clockwise. If the nature trail is muddy, we will walk only on the pavement. Either way, we will walk slowly, think “stroll,” and no one will be left behind.

Most of the route is dirt singletrack, punctuated with with roots and rocks. Hiking poles are useful, but not a necessity.