Kensington Metropark - My Actifit Report Card: November 8 2026

Hey Actifitters,

After a good start on Saturday, we wanted to keep it going on Sunday. Unfortunately it was just not possible to drive West to Lake Michigan like I was hoping, not enough time. So we fell back on Kensington Metropark. The weather was chilly and sunny, that's perfect for that park. So, we left Le Chat in the yard, she was really worried about planes attacking us...

I kind of wanted to change from our usual visits to Kensington, but once again, we were a bit short on time, and we just parked as usual, near the Nature Center and very close to the bridge. This way, we can get to the water right away.

As expected, it was past peak for the fall colors, but the reflections are always awesome anyways.

I think I need to try this with Kaia some day. Both dogs looked at each other really intently.

We walked past the bridge where there is lots of good views.

It was of course time for Kaia's first posing session.

On the other side of the bridge, the view isn't bad either, with a little bit more fall colors still visible.

We turned around and tried to follow the main path a little past the parking lot, hoping to find fall colors again. But it was pretty clear we wouldn't find any in this direction, at least not close and we wanted to make several stops before the sunset.

Next stop was a fishing pier. Strange that after all these years visiting this park, we never found this pier before.

That's when the sunset started. If you don't like sunsets, well sorry but not sorry...

Sometimes, you also get Kaia's photobombing...

Just like the pier, this trail is also one we had never seen before. That looks pretty cool, but not enough time yesterday, we'll try next time for sure.

Remaining fall colors and sunset, I like it! So much that I will use it for Around the World contest:

Finally, we drove to Martindale Beach, so we could walk from the beach to the boat launch for the big sunset finale.

All the sailing school equipment is of course stowed away for the winter, but the view remains awesome from there.

I'm not even a citizen, but the usual patriotic photo with the American flag is a must.

And finally the East Boat Launch, our usual sunset spot.

Kaia had to pose one last time.

And we waited for the sun to slowly finish its descent.

A few clouds actually made it faster, with the light slowly turning from orange to pink when the sun was fully gone.

Well, even if it was only a few easy short walks in the park, not adding up to a huge step count, it was a great visit to Kensington Metropark. Just like Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve the previous week, it was a perfect fall back idea. Unfortunately, it was probably our last chance to catch the fall colors near Lake Michigan, so most likely we'll have to wait until next year now.
As always, thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow.

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