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| Arrowood Drive/Convenient Care Complex | |
Submitted
by: Anna
Moratz |
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| Category/Audience:
Seniors
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Best
for:
Walking-hiking |
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| Describe location/distance/terrain: | |
Arrowood
Drive off Warren Road leads into Brentwood Drive. This is a loop
around the medical complex. Brentwood Drive borders the small forest
that leads to Sapsucker Woods. It involves a slow 2% incline in
one direction, is well paved, with easy parking, and the road and
sidewalks are always cleared in the winter. We walk there daily
for an hour, completing several loops, but one can extend or reduce
the time walked as desired. |
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| Why do you think this walk or trail is special and why would others also enjoy it? | |
| Being seniors (age 85 and 71), we realize that walking is essential for our health, in our case to slow the progression of osteoarthritis and peripheral artery disease, which calls for a walk which is less strenuous than those we did when younger. Around 8 am, we are the only people walking in the vicinity of Arrowood and Brentwood Dr., and it is always a pleasant experience. This walk also offers the opportunity to use the rest rooms at the Convenient Care building, which also has a small, but very friendly and comfortable Deli in which to relax. It is handy that one also circulates around the doctors' offices! One of them, Dr. Anderson, even told us he sees us often from his office window. We have gotten compliments from some of the doctors as they walk into their offices. We like the uncrowded, quiet atmosphere and the proximity of the woods, where we can watch birds, deer, geese and rabbits. In the summer we enjoy the wildflowers and the well maintained landscaping around the offices. We find this to be a perfect walk for senior citizens! | |
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