Kohler-Andrea State Park

Simple.

We make life complicated.

But the simple things seem to make make us happy.

There's a special kind of poetry for parks

here at Mound City National Cemetery

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Would that it were all so simple.

It can be that simple, if only for an afternoon. Deeper, lasting calm takes a lot more work. It remains a worthwhile endeavor tho.

There's a special kind of poetry for parks

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here at Mound City National Cemetery

OK now that's taking the OP's concept to places I wouldn't have gone on my own! However much time I've spent in cemeteries, I still much prefer the living planet.

Speaking of headstones and doggerel.:

Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier,

Who caught his death by drinking cold small Beer,

Soldiers be wise from his untimely fall

And when ye're hot drink Strong or none at all.

An Honest Soldier never is forgot

Whether he die by Musket or by Pot.

This is a frame from an iPhone video of our rescue dog, Vinny's first time playing along the shore of an inland sea (Lake Michigan, at Kohler Andrae State Park). He came to us from Tennessee.