For the people who made a New Years Resolution to get more exercise and stay healthy this year, America's state parks made it easy by holding a First Day Hike Event. Cara Thomas went to Robert G. Wehle State Park where many people chose to start the New Year in a healthy way.

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HENDERSON, N.Y. --It was a beautiful day for a hike at Robert G. Wehle State Park and many people took advantage, starting off their new year in a healthy way. But this group of hikers weren't the only ones. Various State Parks throughout the country sponsored First Day Hikes, more than 20 in New York State alone.

Bob Smolka of the Robert G. Wehle State Park said, "Decided to hold this event to promote exercise. And what a better place to do it than in one of our great state parks here at Robert Wehle."

Though the park had originally planned to do cross country skiing for the event, but the lack of snow forced them to do a three mile hike instead. The hike began at the visitors center and the group hiked about a mile and a half through the woods to a scenic picnic area and then trecked a mile and a half back along the waterfront.

"We really like going along the lake here because you've got all these great views all the time so it makes for a really interesting hike," said Bob Quinn, a Hiker at the park.

"A lot of the people here had never been here before. They were just surprised that it existed and that it's as beautiful as it is," said Smolka.

Though this is only the first time the event was held, hikers thought it was a great idea, not only as a fun family activity but for the parks as well.

Quinn said, "It'd be a great idea to get folks out in the parks, just looking around today I'd say there's probably ten times as many people that we normally see here so it's a way to get the parks publicized, get people out enjoying nature."

"We had about 20 people here as part of the organized hike, although there were probably another 20 or 40 people here altogether walking here throughout the day and I'm sure there'll be more," said Smolka

Once the snow begins to fall, the park said they'll be able to provide groomed trails for cross country skiers and snow shoers.