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Stories from local residents inspired to spend time outside – walking or biking on local trails, discovering the community’s secret places – taking nature’s beauty all in stride.

Eagle spotting before they head north

Eagle spotting before they head north

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, and her faithful companion, Kaia, head out to the historical Hennepin Canal to look for Bald Eagles before they head back home for the warmer months of the year. It turns out there’s a lot to see and do at the canal.

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Falling into a midwest autumn

Falling into a midwest autumn

LMQC’s outdoor bloggers, Teri Stickler and Kaia, set out to find this fall’s most brilliant colors. Along the way, they re-discovered some favorite parks and drove some of the most color-filled backroads in the Mississippi Valley. Come on the adventure with them!

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Exploring Sunset Park

Exploring Sunset Park

Let’s Move QC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler and her fellow explorer, Kaia, spend a day exploring the sights and the shoreline at Rock Island’s Sunset Park and Marina.

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Presents for pooches

Presents for pooches

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, celebrates the holidays with her faithful Samoyed, Kaia, and some new friends as they check out what kind of toys Teri should be putting under the tree this season.

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Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Kaia, one of LMQC’s outdoor bloggers, looks like she’s had a day’s worth of hiking already when she stops at the famed “land bridge” at Maquoketa Caves State Park. Teri Stickler and Kaia share their report on what they found on the trails and in the caves at one of Iowa’s premier parks earlier this month.

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Boo-tiful QC cemetery walks

Boo-tiful QC cemetery walks

Wade Ellett explores the cemeteries of the Quad Cities to find some interesting (and at times spooky) monuments at the grave sites of some of the people who put our community on the map.

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Adventuring near the QC: 3 great parks, nature hikes

Where to get away from it all (for an hour)

We hit the trail and head to three spots just north of the Quad Cities with outdoor blogger Wade Ellett where we can take in some outstanding scenery and enjoy out-of-the-way parks filled with beautiful nature trails.

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Stories from local residents inspired to spend time outside – walking or biking on local trails, discovering the community’s secret places – taking nature’s beauty all in stride.

Eagle spotting before they head north

Eagle spotting before they head north

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, and her faithful companion, Kaia, head out to the historical Hennepin Canal to look for Bald Eagles before they head back home for the warmer months of the year. It turns out there’s a lot to see and do at the canal.

read more
Presents for pooches

Presents for pooches

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, celebrates the holidays with her faithful Samoyed, Kaia, and some new friends as they check out what kind of toys Teri should be putting under the tree this season.

read more
Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Kaia, one of LMQC’s outdoor bloggers, looks like she’s had a day’s worth of hiking already when she stops at the famed “land bridge” at Maquoketa Caves State Park. Teri Stickler and Kaia share their report on what they found on the trails and in the caves at one of Iowa’s premier parks earlier this month.

read more
Boo-tiful QC cemetery walks

Boo-tiful QC cemetery walks

Wade Ellett explores the cemeteries of the Quad Cities to find some interesting (and at times spooky) monuments at the grave sites of some of the people who put our community on the map.

read more
Falling into a midwest autumn

Falling into a midwest autumn

LMQC’s outdoor bloggers, Teri Stickler and Kaia, set out to find this fall’s most brilliant colors. Along the way, they re-discovered some favorite parks and drove some of the most color-filled backroads in the Mississippi Valley. Come on the adventure with them!

read more
Adventuring near the QC: 3 great parks, nature hikes

Where to get away from it all (for an hour)

We hit the trail and head to three spots just north of the Quad Cities with outdoor blogger Wade Ellett where we can take in some outstanding scenery and enjoy out-of-the-way parks filled with beautiful nature trails.

read more
Exploring Sunset Park

Exploring Sunset Park

Let’s Move QC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler and her fellow explorer, Kaia, spend a day exploring the sights and the shoreline at Rock Island’s Sunset Park and Marina.

read more