Riparian Preserve - A Great Place to Trick Myself into Exercising

Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch is in the middle of Gilbert Arizona. It's surrounded on three sides by homes and a canal on the fourth side. It’s tucked behind a County Library and you would hardly know it is there from the road. It looks like undeveloped land with native plants growing on it. 

According the official Riparian website it’s 110 acres with seven ponds and a lake. Trails wind all around them.  I use the trails to trick myself into exercising. I walk around with a camera and shoot anything that looks interesting. The bottom line is I don’t realize I'm walking as much as I am when I’m “hunting” for that interesting shot. Here are some images from recent “exercise” sessions. 

I am sure glad this place is close by. It is not only great exercise to walk the trails, it's fun to see what the "interesting thing" of the day my camera will find.