The Heard museum is in McKinney, so it wasn't terribly far from our house. When we got there, walked through their entry building (and gift shop, of course), paid admission, then started on one of their well marked paths.
There were boardwalk paths that crossed wetland spaces, as well as shaded gravel paths that went through some very pretty scenery. The paths are all well marked, well mapped and reasonably safe, though no one can guarantee anything outdoors is free from snakes, fire ants or plants that make for itchy rashes- not that we saw any of that.
The museum is very much set up as a learning space, so there are interspersed zoo-like exhibits. We met a pair of bobcats and a pair of deer who were in enclosures. There was also a butterfly enclosure we walked through, which may have been my favorite part.
We walked several of their paths, only seeing a few other people along the way. Every time we encountered other humans, we put masks on, but with today being the first day of July, we walked without them when it was just the two of us.
When we finished the nature walk, we went back to the car and retrieved a nice, cold picnic lunch. We decided to enjoy our meal on a park bench in the pretty garden area near the museum entrance. I don't know if a mandarin orange ever tasted so good as one that had been on ice and was ready to go on a sweaty, dirty, post-nature-walk lunch, but they were perfect. In fact, the whole picnic was perfect. Heck, the whole morning was. We just got back, and I think the rest of the afternoon will be decidedly cooler, cleaner and less active, but we had a pretty great morning at The Heard.
If you are interested, here is their website: https://www.heardmuseum.org/
And we paid $10 each to get in. They have a sign outside so you can pay online and do touch-free entry, but we just handed the lady behind the desk a $20.
Of course, as always, here are some photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2XJ3mX7a61qq3KRj7
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