tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86548747048307565402024-03-05T12:50:55.835-05:00Project 372: photographing all Columbus' parksGoing to Columbus, OH parks from A-Z in order via the COTA bus systemDigital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-87791473571181614672023-04-15T14:06:00.627-04:002023-04-21T18:28:52.674-04:00Park #33a: Battelle Darby Creek Metropark/Cedar Ridge Picnic Area<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> My first new post in 8 years. After recently doing the commentary for pictures taken in 2015 for the last post I decided to finally tackle the next park, Battelle-Darby. I had been there a few times in the '90s, and in the last couple years used their newish campground that you backpack into. So I knew what I was getting into. Part of the lonnnnnng hesitation in photographing this one is the sheer size of the place. It's our largest park by far with over 7000 acres, not all of that developed. And since I don't have a car, getting there is a complete pain. Either I take the COTA city bus as far west and a bit south as it goes, dropping me off at the Camp Chase bike trail (part of the Ohio to Erie Trail) then walk 1 hour 45 minutes to the Park. Or use an Uber either from where I live for about $50 one way with tip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I decided on the bus/walk combo since I'm cheap and it was a beautiful day. The only way to photograph the huge park without using the campground for a week as a base or something is to break it into sections. Which fortunately it is on their map. Cedar Ridge is the first alphabetically of their sections, so a few days ago I ventured out there to spend about 5 hours walking around. Definitely glad I put on my SPF Irish sunscreen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_aLZbz4FKIoK1OzJ2bzqqX_LSJnUrc6zTjMbb_IfNQw2KHy3ug5JsIkJvk40Kepw27CstSwklxClVDgeGt3p4NteYZqqqtfpI6XhVCENep9VivtpjPu_o4VMq4elbliAVnz-cURlgpKGgcFJ6Fq8kJDRlIRi0Gag5fPgFbxCHy5Xx8wpGiYdYziE/s4160/IMG_20230415_121308386.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_aLZbz4FKIoK1OzJ2bzqqX_LSJnUrc6zTjMbb_IfNQw2KHy3ug5JsIkJvk40Kepw27CstSwklxClVDgeGt3p4NteYZqqqtfpI6XhVCENep9VivtpjPu_o4VMq4elbliAVnz-cURlgpKGgcFJ6Fq8kJDRlIRi0Gag5fPgFbxCHy5Xx8wpGiYdYziE/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_121308386.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The long trek in Flatsville USA. It was a 5.3 mile walk to the BD parking lot from where I got off the bus. So 10.6 round trip plus maybe 4 miles covering all of the Cedar Ridge area.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-I3iqVPWA8QqVHh1B3GmwpgZOyZ17Esoag3c9fFwHU1lhCiWbZf9f6Op5o6DcN_dtkk2Cz7mc4O6rovb2goE-jzkF8Ql5IOcD1ESJgl9I-SD9QqYENEEgjKWsz6mJLMfNHMZLdJnwazDGWY-0e9qiBpiY3D7CQWrUe1ARZKvmFR7leixuo--uB7Z/s4160/IMG_20230415_121512040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-I3iqVPWA8QqVHh1B3GmwpgZOyZ17Esoag3c9fFwHU1lhCiWbZf9f6Op5o6DcN_dtkk2Cz7mc4O6rovb2goE-jzkF8Ql5IOcD1ESJgl9I-SD9QqYENEEgjKWsz6mJLMfNHMZLdJnwazDGWY-0e9qiBpiY3D7CQWrUe1ARZKvmFR7leixuo--uB7Z/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_121512040.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sidewalk chalk inspiration/depression. How odd. At least the penmanship is very nice.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9Ei4y_JSKvy83NwS_fkIoo8sszjngFrZt6xgaaYhbdtHXD3Oc_z5bhDHQ5R0AkO78CS9Nm3yjP2EaUsphUfjEEjx7slYlfjTwH6DRYhC7GZDhYccz5UEytp49ohAxepPbwxtpsSLvdIpe_AO4eu0cLp5y6obVTOnwO1oHWGc3H1Bc_Nw4C46utP3/s4160/IMG_20230415_122317044_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9Ei4y_JSKvy83NwS_fkIoo8sszjngFrZt6xgaaYhbdtHXD3Oc_z5bhDHQ5R0AkO78CS9Nm3yjP2EaUsphUfjEEjx7slYlfjTwH6DRYhC7GZDhYccz5UEytp49ohAxepPbwxtpsSLvdIpe_AO4eu0cLp5y6obVTOnwO1oHWGc3H1Bc_Nw4C46utP3/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_122317044_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe a mile in at a road crossing there was a trail closed/detour sign. I immediately thought oh jeez, I've come halfway across the continent to get here, don't tell me it was a waste. So since other folks in bikes continued past me I decided to push on. It wasn't truly closed though it was the weekend. I don't doubt had it been a weekday that workers and maybe excavation equipment would've been at it installing this thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbTr2BA4BswvS2ywxzyoVXP78meGpgRIQghfEmuzGsjkXirjC55Vz6pOJivGVZkiBaYAn7EDhkzYH5xT699PJ04ZPhJekyHI3wwQO5rwvqauVj37RRl1hiY63jCZPOTOknMge9eFOOcrjQzlh26Xg4IYuyiZsiRL3eglB79veWGzbhDpkdcqZE66H/s4160/IMG_20230415_121806319_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbTr2BA4BswvS2ywxzyoVXP78meGpgRIQghfEmuzGsjkXirjC55Vz6pOJivGVZkiBaYAn7EDhkzYH5xT699PJ04ZPhJekyHI3wwQO5rwvqauVj37RRl1hiY63jCZPOTOknMge9eFOOcrjQzlh26Xg4IYuyiZsiRL3eglB79veWGzbhDpkdcqZE66H/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_121806319_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice design.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5ZhSLyAEd60K06Bqi3xkuFSmscRrPqydOUgdeswxpOw2HRK1UPosCDdL8f5D9BFOen4cY1A90KZCOVSPd7eltZkWI1VAZPg2ikJrtPMatDnsgB94LNQfT0QV_TobfOuW-v7xrYE-IP_DjWvW9DHy7UBkP41CmhEtKSeuFGUQMzidFkt7wtYKwvri/s4160/IMG_20230415_123423374.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5ZhSLyAEd60K06Bqi3xkuFSmscRrPqydOUgdeswxpOw2HRK1UPosCDdL8f5D9BFOen4cY1A90KZCOVSPd7eltZkWI1VAZPg2ikJrtPMatDnsgB94LNQfT0QV_TobfOuW-v7xrYE-IP_DjWvW9DHy7UBkP41CmhEtKSeuFGUQMzidFkt7wtYKwvri/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_123423374.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div>The tracks go on forever. Apparently these are mainly used in spring & fall to transport grain from some mill west of Battelle Darby to I think CBus. Definitely not a main route anyway. I didn't see any activity the almost 4 hour round trip walk next to these. Before the first time I went backpacking at the park a couple years back I took my bike that I used to have from the bus stop to the park to see how long it would take and if it would be feasible to ride with a huge backpack/sleeping bag/camp chair/thermarest/etc (not feasible). At that time there were many empty rail cars parked along the rails waiting to eventually be assembled.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMNw1XeiMsqw2VcOE3TVIbWZb6EdK-24spT-2ZYk8sn_UMNhxi11xDHZgI3uEAffQojlDU-MnADDP8qwi50otCVGR7dIz8CIYpXy3yu9EfAoycXUgCt2Im0gyXLWpA0QLhUKsmg41k6NUWGLRANbvylfR1kPkFEt--0mrXo54MeDqSxiSuSgWlhGu/s4160/IMG_20230415_124659452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMNw1XeiMsqw2VcOE3TVIbWZb6EdK-24spT-2ZYk8sn_UMNhxi11xDHZgI3uEAffQojlDU-MnADDP8qwi50otCVGR7dIz8CIYpXy3yu9EfAoycXUgCt2Im0gyXLWpA0QLhUKsmg41k6NUWGLRANbvylfR1kPkFEt--0mrXo54MeDqSxiSuSgWlhGu/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_124659452.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The farmer was doing something to this field with his tractor when I passed by. Planting for spring maybe? Seems some good ol' boys were doing outdoor target practice with their guns not far away from here. I was definitely hoping for no stray bullets.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9FRn525JN527Hz-OP5XX42J2-l0DF3WT08y3HboLVw-o04Hlny8TJwlEyTsoDMfTPFLByCbujJ_a6bAM24pRR0BNE6zauT1boRiGMfR7_p4hm9oDn1NeX4PFpS9l1Erp-r_Xv5MJwyCnigtckCwLzXl301NO8RiLYPmUMbbVC4PjrbPn4BLUUMkC/s4160/IMG_20230415_130829267.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9FRn525JN527Hz-OP5XX42J2-l0DF3WT08y3HboLVw-o04Hlny8TJwlEyTsoDMfTPFLByCbujJ_a6bAM24pRR0BNE6zauT1boRiGMfR7_p4hm9oDn1NeX4PFpS9l1Erp-r_Xv5MJwyCnigtckCwLzXl301NO8RiLYPmUMbbVC4PjrbPn4BLUUMkC/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_130829267.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clouds rolling in. I knew there was a chance of minor rain late in the afternoon that day. As you'll see.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJFxxVAlVUWTaPycA0n_x3Z5LY519YdFPcOMUd1Oo5qYwfLltOh7tKu12qOr6uUxo7jNVVO1UTcDEjlx2tl5ke3bcbCqEt5icbn6rlYRjPh-w5aP1EBWTCdQ5Hf9cNZ5cNAfFrv6_6hYgG2UsIS4OtMu074J7QawwigL3oWQdoAthQxul-Qe9Ti-g/s4160/IMG_20230415_135538676_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJFxxVAlVUWTaPycA0n_x3Z5LY519YdFPcOMUd1Oo5qYwfLltOh7tKu12qOr6uUxo7jNVVO1UTcDEjlx2tl5ke3bcbCqEt5icbn6rlYRjPh-w5aP1EBWTCdQ5Hf9cNZ5cNAfFrv6_6hYgG2UsIS4OtMu074J7QawwigL3oWQdoAthQxul-Qe9Ti-g/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_135538676_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally made it to the Cedar Ridge Picnic Area parking lot/trailhead/bird motel. Seemed like it was nearly all starlings for some reason.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiva20eTXGtXUxXPXQ-q_4OcizkG3UTHW9pI2xI85bdZNUkiPbSXwkkuy6PuTY8DgHBh5hl5ZQJZT6H_NdCmh3GpmrU39Bx_mHNwV8pwefw8_cU3XAL63GS3oD4XD-oymseoHT2ZcjXek7QFS33AR0iqFVnVrnMkYEf2GUIPHydmFMBpoGYJfNgxhRh/s4160/IMG_20230415_135548547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiva20eTXGtXUxXPXQ-q_4OcizkG3UTHW9pI2xI85bdZNUkiPbSXwkkuy6PuTY8DgHBh5hl5ZQJZT6H_NdCmh3GpmrU39Bx_mHNwV8pwefw8_cU3XAL63GS3oD4XD-oymseoHT2ZcjXek7QFS33AR0iqFVnVrnMkYEf2GUIPHydmFMBpoGYJfNgxhRh/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_135548547.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Parking lot for the Cedar Ridge & Indian Ridge trailheads. Complete with the always appreciated bathrooms (of the non-flushing toidy variety, though better than a plastic porta john. Heck, porta johns definitely aren't a given at every CBus area park, and they always take them away in winter).</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUekiLxwLT3hHi8IodPoJ0a9PIgpbRYCrk2yV06T-gTgYb1I_tZAf5ZIa63mcaDxQny-k0zYKTsbwqNq6wAH-ppS9BItoIyerP6x7I_y4hj-YOFiNXG-rxUsWb1E83yUINDz3xQBNP6F5JCfGxOW7GJtoX2mgv0AenlFpNxywhZeE1pjSjqkLoX6JP/s4160/IMG_20230415_135618217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUekiLxwLT3hHi8IodPoJ0a9PIgpbRYCrk2yV06T-gTgYb1I_tZAf5ZIa63mcaDxQny-k0zYKTsbwqNq6wAH-ppS9BItoIyerP6x7I_y4hj-YOFiNXG-rxUsWb1E83yUINDz3xQBNP6F5JCfGxOW7GJtoX2mgv0AenlFpNxywhZeE1pjSjqkLoX6JP/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_135618217.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sledding hill by the lot. Definitely not too common in CBus, where you can more or less count the hills on two hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewKkX4vFHQ5Ivx920_GLgI4U0ShLRBR8F6Ik--jh82TY-vN0t_uzwF9uWoOMIA79XydsYOQ4vtD4FHTseNudCyjtRjDKtCnJAfU2rHSPk9W73CNHHKJIFAFiIl-BulAJAQVVHHfIP2FoTd0ek-qThpWAH4Xe7JpWCUSIj0t5AVjiFCSWP5TdQQT8j/s4160/IMG_20230415_140221492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewKkX4vFHQ5Ivx920_GLgI4U0ShLRBR8F6Ik--jh82TY-vN0t_uzwF9uWoOMIA79XydsYOQ4vtD4FHTseNudCyjtRjDKtCnJAfU2rHSPk9W73CNHHKJIFAFiIl-BulAJAQVVHHfIP2FoTd0ek-qThpWAH4Xe7JpWCUSIj0t5AVjiFCSWP5TdQQT8j/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_140221492.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good thing these creeks are considered the most pristine in all of Ohio since I had to fill a water bottle directly from it the first time I camped a couple years back. I was I'll prepared at the time, not knowing where the hand pumped water well was, nor the water fountains near the ranger station in Cedar Ridge. It was one of those deals at the time - I was 4 miles in on the backpack trail, had no filter device or iodine tablets, but all I could think of was water RIGHT NOW. It tasted alright enough, and I didn't get sick, but I've always heard that no waterways in Ohio are safe to straight up drink untreated. Now I know where all that stuff is at, and also where I can plug in my phone if need be </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzliDvIR3IZs_zmeVotvbTXDgIA13xSra_nYqmrXhSW-UdUnjZ5L-2_x7vH-tTpKTbidjvsugNtE8M_8ts7rPwGjN08OJw8dIrB1vWq6mzNZJsr2o03GmPl5Rs3xttQZZIZbMn71iKyFc3nQ_r7T7xbsPLmzlfO8Ur4Q4k8eccgtfuj-sP0C-aNrt/s4160/IMG_20230415_140321743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzliDvIR3IZs_zmeVotvbTXDgIA13xSra_nYqmrXhSW-UdUnjZ5L-2_x7vH-tTpKTbidjvsugNtE8M_8ts7rPwGjN08OJw8dIrB1vWq6mzNZJsr2o03GmPl5Rs3xttQZZIZbMn71iKyFc3nQ_r7T7xbsPLmzlfO8Ur4Q4k8eccgtfuj-sP0C-aNrt/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_140321743.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beginning of the Cedar Ridge trail.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAr7_3qvhsTydV7FPfNxAfadeYNjVJ7mvuy_sgNuBDwr8kX-WHbrYgbAShY9SeruhtdkiHW51aunWipX-zlLJ5wqRHK7kx-bk5BcSj0PsNXbeOpFsOY5Tl1vFwtGnERyD3IEoRlAaVl79F9ZotTyCN9tawsq-kpkO-7JEEk71HKcNGajyRaPMxEQb/s4160/IMG_20230415_140616534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAr7_3qvhsTydV7FPfNxAfadeYNjVJ7mvuy_sgNuBDwr8kX-WHbrYgbAShY9SeruhtdkiHW51aunWipX-zlLJ5wqRHK7kx-bk5BcSj0PsNXbeOpFsOY5Tl1vFwtGnERyD3IEoRlAaVl79F9ZotTyCN9tawsq-kpkO-7JEEk71HKcNGajyRaPMxEQb/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_140616534.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dedicated bench to some group.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tZEIoM5JnR1fnAcymEJu3xqXrnRXNs-12XXLRyIprGrBp8ey9-c9Fw-xMbn3EFARnFmohaE55NezFX0eCuR9py_O0MZxkmXgwPiVj6dvE6ssMY8WMoZ-xxuQ0Whss2GysyjNRgve_dZtP_jJBQjXbf2UaTV_FEm3QgEeLMvPQMJZB6z4k1U0UXIS/s4160/IMG_20230415_141001028_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tZEIoM5JnR1fnAcymEJu3xqXrnRXNs-12XXLRyIprGrBp8ey9-c9Fw-xMbn3EFARnFmohaE55NezFX0eCuR9py_O0MZxkmXgwPiVj6dvE6ssMY8WMoZ-xxuQ0Whss2GysyjNRgve_dZtP_jJBQjXbf2UaTV_FEm3QgEeLMvPQMJZB6z4k1U0UXIS/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_141001028_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Babbling brook. One thing I dislike about CBus is the overall sparseness of woods within the entire 270 outer belt. Most of our 20 Metroparks are outside the belt. And only this and Scoito Grove offer camping. IIRC, just about all of the decent sized Hamilton County Parks in Cincy where I'm from offer camping. Oddly I never camped at Winton Woods a stone's throw from where I grew up the whole 18 years I grew up there. Only later.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_g5JBNEbdYQTgXokQ-bKlGLEVuixBZcQAt8u4ooMTqcnyaW1ZpZzJBAhWOnUH2b8_gqHsmrVhcoTFYgt_vmfoCpDqOMKotXultGkMr1qPer_jdWcmhjUr_oD5dzfczfQkUWk6GZTpmaIh1Died0_FZdea3RbQjqq3rPq1vzGeQMX6R8H-KXFauJU/s4160/IMG_20230415_141535775_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_g5JBNEbdYQTgXokQ-bKlGLEVuixBZcQAt8u4ooMTqcnyaW1ZpZzJBAhWOnUH2b8_gqHsmrVhcoTFYgt_vmfoCpDqOMKotXultGkMr1qPer_jdWcmhjUr_oD5dzfczfQkUWk6GZTpmaIh1Died0_FZdea3RbQjqq3rPq1vzGeQMX6R8H-KXFauJU/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_141535775_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I had the skill to identify flowers. Or trees. Or different species of sparrows. For all I know these are weeds, though. Pretty weeds, at least.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh52zrcdDRyhJcP0t1-WYOb9bIBI5zgESlTKrB888AKi6xSytRLmV7yWNZhLJzGjaZOuL5SOS0zueO_LylXXwWVqGLX9qQ8Tgcywzl7ao5svOswTmXHutjbdltaYwayMSqMqWYw19kg-wQ5QiCEumhgVET3hHOUzWxUKa8atz-5kzxVXML7KiDDjKx/s4160/IMG_20230415_141646090.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh52zrcdDRyhJcP0t1-WYOb9bIBI5zgESlTKrB888AKi6xSytRLmV7yWNZhLJzGjaZOuL5SOS0zueO_LylXXwWVqGLX9qQ8Tgcywzl7ao5svOswTmXHutjbdltaYwayMSqMqWYw19kg-wQ5QiCEumhgVET3hHOUzWxUKa8atz-5kzxVXML7KiDDjKx/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_141646090.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwb8jBwyM0PDT6gMJPteTsduU3KaCgvDaNHJGDknHJJcgNnOVC_lT0ejPuMMbCfvHSnuIIV8vcdQSrSQZrzM_kJCJL3FIf3wqcpySTbK01I8vXue2CY0hglbaoBNjX4wZMAY_yaUtBstotauBrFRH1uf3mGB9ykoveZeOtM9gMfq50A_UfCd573iV5/s4160/IMG_20230415_141900119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwb8jBwyM0PDT6gMJPteTsduU3KaCgvDaNHJGDknHJJcgNnOVC_lT0ejPuMMbCfvHSnuIIV8vcdQSrSQZrzM_kJCJL3FIf3wqcpySTbK01I8vXue2CY0hglbaoBNjX4wZMAY_yaUtBstotauBrFRH1uf3mGB9ykoveZeOtM9gMfq50A_UfCd573iV5/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_141900119.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I dunno. I just occasionally dig taking a pic of my shadow.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLWYMWxDZ11xp3UzQGMHA0Kpn2vntshI7EcoVyX1ZEE_wD3GI3ebITkpFIDvdKME4Q9UHsE-SnAbLILbugYQIGLlxBFBIg-epMYcMhSImvX70iovX8ZueRfOENKMvGBBaTLbGg9u8jF4b1HNOvrgpqIzBJ2zaXlMJAsBJdt1QxrEhlr48x0yMjmh4/s4160/IMG_20230415_142241221_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLWYMWxDZ11xp3UzQGMHA0Kpn2vntshI7EcoVyX1ZEE_wD3GI3ebITkpFIDvdKME4Q9UHsE-SnAbLILbugYQIGLlxBFBIg-epMYcMhSImvX70iovX8ZueRfOENKMvGBBaTLbGg9u8jF4b1HNOvrgpqIzBJ2zaXlMJAsBJdt1QxrEhlr48x0yMjmh4/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_142241221_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were plenty of wading fishermen doing their thing this fine sunny day. I always feel weird taking pics of people unless I'm pretty far away. Like if the shoe was on the other foot I'd probably feel strange if some random person took a picture of me.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gyYn2DyLFLmJuuoa4YZjscsZ3hLSN5m8czDEVcZEPGD-AdM1DIRR4s0XqCpoV87OmiCse7mqe8179J9Ipq1lb6bmyrFyXu2HBJ3jxir6eCruyXDxujmSiMiSLc1-viyBju8ZAKu9qaHIBBuaB2WZMmTKE6307wX54mxYoqMyvQxhIlSNOIHONreY/s4160/IMG_20230415_142826220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gyYn2DyLFLmJuuoa4YZjscsZ3hLSN5m8czDEVcZEPGD-AdM1DIRR4s0XqCpoV87OmiCse7mqe8179J9Ipq1lb6bmyrFyXu2HBJ3jxir6eCruyXDxujmSiMiSLc1-viyBju8ZAKu9qaHIBBuaB2WZMmTKE6307wX54mxYoqMyvQxhIlSNOIHONreY/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_142826220.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also always dig an overlook. Back to it in a minute.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiX0fELOIX5cG6f2bHPofVsmX59LD4ZrBfr-wOiasIkmV8gLhnejIqqtcsMWwu8M8yegUDOpfkBl397tQsqv5L3gZOAWN98OK9azZbGh49m7VHCkWJjGICUhNqAwOXrvndhGArFb6VDAO91-EOuPA381cudkCbaosm9eOBUCW3-Lc5N4EkuUFi84_/s4160/IMG_20230415_142831966.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiX0fELOIX5cG6f2bHPofVsmX59LD4ZrBfr-wOiasIkmV8gLhnejIqqtcsMWwu8M8yegUDOpfkBl397tQsqv5L3gZOAWN98OK9azZbGh49m7VHCkWJjGICUhNqAwOXrvndhGArFb6VDAO91-EOuPA381cudkCbaosm9eOBUCW3-Lc5N4EkuUFi84_/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_142831966.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The grills were fired up in full force this day.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh_u-YEfkm0bg9MpZGQcZqMywEqaa2p3i3L6KSfgPKBzzdti7l4t6cIdMFzZMtW_3ji4FDSLRzcADBDa16opzgTKWJ8wlz1-bn5D1xuFKiyQ29dZSSC4Kf53hKrM1wtvg0K41j0DxQy4-K9ke6BucniC4hamV8V0EDUI6x4Px7ErrAX4j4QpVMMZc/s4160/IMG_20230415_143350626_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh_u-YEfkm0bg9MpZGQcZqMywEqaa2p3i3L6KSfgPKBzzdti7l4t6cIdMFzZMtW_3ji4FDSLRzcADBDa16opzgTKWJ8wlz1-bn5D1xuFKiyQ29dZSSC4Kf53hKrM1wtvg0K41j0DxQy4-K9ke6BucniC4hamV8V0EDUI6x4Px7ErrAX4j4QpVMMZc/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_143350626_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Overlook with a slippery slope unauthorized trail.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVBHVgJ4-F53CemvH3Tnk2X43NvHX1jW6DE_9ZdXNH_bVRQ2KKNtC8VU66stpXbeMlfPFB3uKZcKlZJmIqbzYdFqJjDmAxamC2hmDkS6-TwMYtu07pa_dlx3onBt2x6YOamt6DLuT2OwTfKqJ4RfkGf77GW6lJ-FWxmX5yK1DW65mixjIk5UcXTgY/s4160/IMG_20230415_143406801_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVBHVgJ4-F53CemvH3Tnk2X43NvHX1jW6DE_9ZdXNH_bVRQ2KKNtC8VU66stpXbeMlfPFB3uKZcKlZJmIqbzYdFqJjDmAxamC2hmDkS6-TwMYtu07pa_dlx3onBt2x6YOamt6DLuT2OwTfKqJ4RfkGf77GW6lJ-FWxmX5yK1DW65mixjIk5UcXTgY/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_143406801_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice place to reflect. I met a couple people that I had a nice five minute chat with, one of whom lived in Grandview, not far from where I used to live.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rK9CKk37Nyaz4K_JOW9GlAjamw6bUeB85Vb0eXjuLsM8iLcEuhpakt8AzEyx8nCbrK2LYYOXRBvWGxkaQPdAGvynR2MnonD2Wi52v7svKbcD2ohC4Nv6yLRuncKfTSej6I46d_MJjVBxVKMHej8FThQ303oW8IQGKG1uSXyXyzw19GKDnU1BfLaB/s4160/IMG_20230415_143420826_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rK9CKk37Nyaz4K_JOW9GlAjamw6bUeB85Vb0eXjuLsM8iLcEuhpakt8AzEyx8nCbrK2LYYOXRBvWGxkaQPdAGvynR2MnonD2Wi52v7svKbcD2ohC4Nv6yLRuncKfTSej6I46d_MJjVBxVKMHej8FThQ303oW8IQGKG1uSXyXyzw19GKDnU1BfLaB/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_143420826_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWc2AqOWcsUQj4fmhDDAUSH50LMYTqWaJuH_1ioajWAUag6AZdYAB0tJO9lPjjTWcFRCjSzZv5ZU8b_PbKpnOYR90pzJbcGQTWId10EQzxHjhSK5Z--Rrh9-sRTBOGKxB6DzKBwg0tRxYHOtZ0pKufOd67f7czpfWruCozhPhUv9KF76DAsWOZJUM/s4160/IMG_20230415_143428557_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWc2AqOWcsUQj4fmhDDAUSH50LMYTqWaJuH_1ioajWAUag6AZdYAB0tJO9lPjjTWcFRCjSzZv5ZU8b_PbKpnOYR90pzJbcGQTWId10EQzxHjhSK5Z--Rrh9-sRTBOGKxB6DzKBwg0tRxYHOtZ0pKufOd67f7czpfWruCozhPhUv9KF76DAsWOZJUM/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_143428557_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I always wear contacts, and these maybe looked to just be readers, but man, terribly near sighted as I am, if I lost a pair of glasses I would be absolutely 100% sunk. Like wandering into oncoming traffic at the cross walk kinda sunk.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBm9mV1b7B3QxeFaELBlJzxUPvhraWZr2FCACI1ZdC4FvO9m_NrshWbaH4FNypSDeVwcvfnrSMTI8-X739Txx3DSbiQsKwPeDVhIsmPE0_LzoYjBGyHEAXNNSYfjGuIp_0W8Fk8k0b3x0dTu00Ik9EffHq6YJWYqxVgccMgrRAHsEkZLfLYJR_gUq/s4160/IMG_20230415_143442737_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBm9mV1b7B3QxeFaELBlJzxUPvhraWZr2FCACI1ZdC4FvO9m_NrshWbaH4FNypSDeVwcvfnrSMTI8-X739Txx3DSbiQsKwPeDVhIsmPE0_LzoYjBGyHEAXNNSYfjGuIp_0W8Fk8k0b3x0dTu00Ik9EffHq6YJWYqxVgccMgrRAHsEkZLfLYJR_gUq/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_143442737_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe the scientific term for these are "leave a waffle style imprint on your butt model benches". Greyhound stations exclusively use these.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvV1Au9avZjB_O2YAbJUsq692GAqtDaJ1gABXyVrBwQ24PK28uWZ2byrB5v2b6qR3lZa4WVLwW8zidv38hZNyFu-cGbeYOjj9Q95ej3YHD6BCLP2CL4xz50xHp0IiT5Rcy_eMzkU_nDz_KZytjXQhSpW3hz495O5Sz0f-3TCe4sTB28uEdjI1UtZl/s4160/IMG_20230415_143458646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvV1Au9avZjB_O2YAbJUsq692GAqtDaJ1gABXyVrBwQ24PK28uWZ2byrB5v2b6qR3lZa4WVLwW8zidv38hZNyFu-cGbeYOjj9Q95ej3YHD6BCLP2CL4xz50xHp0IiT5Rcy_eMzkU_nDz_KZytjXQhSpW3hz495O5Sz0f-3TCe4sTB28uEdjI1UtZl/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_143458646.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxPvccs6lnoKQx7J3IkBSRROu2ooBAncDE224rzIpmzmL8IsJisjyTwZONbSJr-zmDgqOeWib3iMVJ5Ybq4ervsLV5AQR6B1wnZN2WiK5_KWH2l9nO-7WBVtHwxdmgsXhvOIlpk6bk0SNAjQCewhTnCqIq3kKqQY4JGvtQzk_Baw5uY55n9PpI7TE/s4160/IMG_20230415_144244531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxPvccs6lnoKQx7J3IkBSRROu2ooBAncDE224rzIpmzmL8IsJisjyTwZONbSJr-zmDgqOeWib3iMVJ5Ybq4ervsLV5AQR6B1wnZN2WiK5_KWH2l9nO-7WBVtHwxdmgsXhvOIlpk6bk0SNAjQCewhTnCqIq3kKqQY4JGvtQzk_Baw5uY55n9PpI7TE/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_144244531.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking back from the overlook towards the very appreciated flushing toidy & running sink style restrooms & water fountains. Kinda a far hike from the backpack camping sites depending on which one of the 4 sites you're at, but most definitely welcome.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWKBz3Fhqs-YLJSSAFMW2yLuipLgHYttyiHir4MZPwHLvt-VY91NBJaIaZpY8Ttv-FtSvdMPojacD4mb0FA05KEcHBAm8VSIan-J6jm2YmYEIPMtNoykG0_9slgj6uRjN1_BNBdodEjNY6gwg25AfXgub2-1aF1Jca6JDs82si988PjLq6qONnxuC/s4160/IMG_20230415_144531351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWKBz3Fhqs-YLJSSAFMW2yLuipLgHYttyiHir4MZPwHLvt-VY91NBJaIaZpY8Ttv-FtSvdMPojacD4mb0FA05KEcHBAm8VSIan-J6jm2YmYEIPMtNoykG0_9slgj6uRjN1_BNBdodEjNY6gwg25AfXgub2-1aF1Jca6JDs82si988PjLq6qONnxuC/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_144531351.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Closed "private"(I guess) trail for the Cedar Ridge Lodge. Lined with cute little gas lamps </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQu0AWtnMoVf_EUt-l2J9qYZgOhUnvMQ5fnIV4u1Zsa5N1EgiYwJxW3-lf2-txg1fQSwDJBI8YnrroExCr6dJpod6-Q6DKWz4z16ue--P_Z2evK9t7DZnLKZ46M7KRRim85NWtEQLzEFVcrBUwLhHMzPzg-XJDOEId43jiigBoJT9D7SCGZgEuISTY/s4160/IMG_20230415_144710060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQu0AWtnMoVf_EUt-l2J9qYZgOhUnvMQ5fnIV4u1Zsa5N1EgiYwJxW3-lf2-txg1fQSwDJBI8YnrroExCr6dJpod6-Q6DKWz4z16ue--P_Z2evK9t7DZnLKZ46M7KRRim85NWtEQLzEFVcrBUwLhHMzPzg-XJDOEId43jiigBoJT9D7SCGZgEuISTY/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_144710060.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The nice rentable Cedar Ridge Lodge. Though I've not been in it since it's locked when not in use, the building itself seems no better or worse than any of our parks rentable lodges. But it's got a super nice deck, and a great overlook of the valley. This day it was rented out for something and as you can see, someone was on the deck outside reading. So I didn't want to go poking around too much. I definitely think if I ever hired one of my favorite musicians to do a house party that this would be the place I'd have it. I can't have a house party in the efficiency I'm currently renting.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0ecFKSQpxBCy2_Zrc_UH3Qk5RoBCAr9zoTxwkKyBfGPq_U4SpaKwFIUauao7aPSOR8xfyASdgBZy8DgEK08EhOmRY5uln8GEwIQnF_fp-fxjm5_l0wj2M5u1l0YLEuftaBIVZM-NcnumlU_MyasG567pHUcpAjuMmjpo0m9SloDnQSc7iXmBsRlp/s4160/IMG_20230415_144913616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0ecFKSQpxBCy2_Zrc_UH3Qk5RoBCAr9zoTxwkKyBfGPq_U4SpaKwFIUauao7aPSOR8xfyASdgBZy8DgEK08EhOmRY5uln8GEwIQnF_fp-fxjm5_l0wj2M5u1l0YLEuftaBIVZM-NcnumlU_MyasG567pHUcpAjuMmjpo0m9SloDnQSc7iXmBsRlp/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_144913616.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting close to the northern edge of the Cedar Ridge Area.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheu2R9cdYNZcVc0Qt5XWi5_nJzR1okyZEz0ym8h0bzwyjTrnJ8n6sV93cBaP531yJCGs9UMqydGFom-L-0mg0SHP89DxGG_4C68X17efmBDgzNuyz9xsiT0IAkxncFqgZBESDlsC1SYVxpDpgmw8hSwQCOg4dU46ftIblkZmOJ2d2UDdySqnaKBmzc/s4160/IMG_20230415_145117120_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheu2R9cdYNZcVc0Qt5XWi5_nJzR1okyZEz0ym8h0bzwyjTrnJ8n6sV93cBaP531yJCGs9UMqydGFom-L-0mg0SHP89DxGG_4C68X17efmBDgzNuyz9xsiT0IAkxncFqgZBESDlsC1SYVxpDpgmw8hSwQCOg4dU46ftIblkZmOJ2d2UDdySqnaKBmzc/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_145117120_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Something's moving in. I was feeling the occasional brief sprinkle.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3niO3v2dD92hmGQgsmeIzVKXYF2RivJSglBopVTtanhK3G3a9Af_x2he3o-z6yvk2HokwaqZ7J8YVe7Fy0FuTN_ctzYGaq_k9wTgI6GSZDR5YypseDkr0MO-Dqikouj5ds_bZp0hglA0VHapZmAfdv2tHyNQVYN3hIaUB8OvzBEWBk_WGaxPTcly/s4160/IMG_20230415_145212008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3niO3v2dD92hmGQgsmeIzVKXYF2RivJSglBopVTtanhK3G3a9Af_x2he3o-z6yvk2HokwaqZ7J8YVe7Fy0FuTN_ctzYGaq_k9wTgI6GSZDR5YypseDkr0MO-Dqikouj5ds_bZp0hglA0VHapZmAfdv2tHyNQVYN3hIaUB8OvzBEWBk_WGaxPTcly/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_145212008.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Signs for what will be I think the third area I will eventually visit in Battelle-Darby. The Nature Center area is where they have their small herd of 15 or so bison. Looking forward to seeing that some day.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4lNUjYIrq1W5DkEH8F0e5xMgryeR2emMI2nx91NQs47qJ_XadvAxgY5nyqG_ifbJbXoLQ9Nsm1WDa5We4IuaLj0QjDJjIHBweqTdBslEJ387i4EagN2z7rcFtsfpjnoCnK3TScrKWkA513KPO0Nc3bSq2668PHTlo1v6d_PdHqhfQ-zZiwPQ8KPR/s4160/IMG_20230415_145441768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4lNUjYIrq1W5DkEH8F0e5xMgryeR2emMI2nx91NQs47qJ_XadvAxgY5nyqG_ifbJbXoLQ9Nsm1WDa5We4IuaLj0QjDJjIHBweqTdBslEJ387i4EagN2z7rcFtsfpjnoCnK3TScrKWkA513KPO0Nc3bSq2668PHTlo1v6d_PdHqhfQ-zZiwPQ8KPR/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_145441768.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">End of the northern border best I could tell from the map.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHh6i0SoFgNoMN21wWWcU479xsajsl2REB3CU6CDwfgS-RVslktLbTL9aTbJidC_NafYmbfXZ1_itSQsLCitLcxtEzZ2cr43yj-9jYJ2mvtsQF3DvXARg4J8ObD6t0e-imtzf9_lcjeivT7isShhaIE6RtVkAStvqbgUKxEsGJjCNhen1LwI-FBxJ/s4160/IMG_20230415_150009112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHh6i0SoFgNoMN21wWWcU479xsajsl2REB3CU6CDwfgS-RVslktLbTL9aTbJidC_NafYmbfXZ1_itSQsLCitLcxtEzZ2cr43yj-9jYJ2mvtsQF3DvXARg4J8ObD6t0e-imtzf9_lcjeivT7isShhaIE6RtVkAStvqbgUKxEsGJjCNhen1LwI-FBxJ/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_150009112.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before I got to the end I passed some lady who was walking out of this area. Decided to check it out when I turned around...</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZ0cp9qw35zzrkUJdvZ4tEkO-0yXzjXd1o7OxUvAG7aYg3FProKpreuFHH7jzEDhPGrbOIRDlEKYv27ePTD_Ycny_kP5ISVitUKpFYmWIWUWkxDW6zDrWQr-lR8XSwGkrhUPbAti2Jl2HSlq56UlVtJ7luBInSLH4Z0SNPNDvGi7d3mYqCiS98Jzl/s4160/IMG_20230415_150126434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZ0cp9qw35zzrkUJdvZ4tEkO-0yXzjXd1o7OxUvAG7aYg3FProKpreuFHH7jzEDhPGrbOIRDlEKYv27ePTD_Ycny_kP5ISVitUKpFYmWIWUWkxDW6zDrWQr-lR8XSwGkrhUPbAti2Jl2HSlq56UlVtJ7luBInSLH4Z0SNPNDvGi7d3mYqCiS98Jzl/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_150126434.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and found not much of interest.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HdD-uhpwNBlGoEkhoOUvjEWbefVkRi-0Gb1-TsFsFVLtywN1Q9Yy1FND-Zi2mw88KGwGSIspUmuWjXnLN_-ubJS3CBgvQJI6ZPNI3dwbBv_zyteaxudVf-cH-I2vBi0-XD8sPxSkhiHP1bH-RjgRfATyREB1YQPabBwnUEFmgd2NyMBEpwgzm6l3/s4160/IMG_20230415_150637920_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HdD-uhpwNBlGoEkhoOUvjEWbefVkRi-0Gb1-TsFsFVLtywN1Q9Yy1FND-Zi2mw88KGwGSIspUmuWjXnLN_-ubJS3CBgvQJI6ZPNI3dwbBv_zyteaxudVf-cH-I2vBi0-XD8sPxSkhiHP1bH-RjgRfATyREB1YQPabBwnUEFmgd2NyMBEpwgzm6l3/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_150637920_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heading back south to hit the rest of the trail sections I hadn't covered yet.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0jzdfzfcv9tk9SqwRyBdCbmeNh2WlFMLIR34hV0EycCCiCrpJ_F0e9E9ZYl3siEU_lp_x5y_cMRuehXCXSsjxLTtQdXIgC0m2E9_jzR-PxhwRtGXYOia4nlF5V0CwYbMOQdOKqFX14_fjKw6ukQ01zzPCdo6avBgcSA5Ff-msLHha3bUEKQ1ZMup/s4160/IMG_20230415_150541145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0jzdfzfcv9tk9SqwRyBdCbmeNh2WlFMLIR34hV0EycCCiCrpJ_F0e9E9ZYl3siEU_lp_x5y_cMRuehXCXSsjxLTtQdXIgC0m2E9_jzR-PxhwRtGXYOia4nlF5V0CwYbMOQdOKqFX14_fjKw6ukQ01zzPCdo6avBgcSA5Ff-msLHha3bUEKQ1ZMup/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_150541145.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pump, unlike the one at Indian Ridge Area, is not listed on the map. Not sure if it's functional, and I didn't want to walk through what looked to be tick country to find out. Plus the water fountains were pretty close. Plus plus when I used the pump at Indian Ridge before knowing of the water fountains, that water was rank. First couple pumps were so-so, but when I really started churning the thing, it was super-iron tasting. Gross.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfY5FYLAt_Ap_qX9o2ZS4PK_CfrGbTkrQ0sUFlJOtKXlqeKC6TEYKk81-M76HfsmSdqpLeqnbMLhho3fDXyCOaiQ_1Vq_d7NUA_-nKIxdX5gP6lVRVqwsYrk9EI-kFGxtVPsLNeQST1uKUHf-wbYyg_gKGnnOnqtwoX-MAyQjSAnv4JZ6NEUKjUAWu/s4160/IMG_20230415_150913078_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfY5FYLAt_Ap_qX9o2ZS4PK_CfrGbTkrQ0sUFlJOtKXlqeKC6TEYKk81-M76HfsmSdqpLeqnbMLhho3fDXyCOaiQ_1Vq_d7NUA_-nKIxdX5gP6lVRVqwsYrk9EI-kFGxtVPsLNeQST1uKUHf-wbYyg_gKGnnOnqtwoX-MAyQjSAnv4JZ6NEUKjUAWu/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_150913078_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The reading lady had left at this point so I decided to grab a couple more pics of the lodge.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lDz7mU6ZbBq7-h23jEJ99oYNh_ecduBRLRMneqvqdz91MWWXIERt0qvQWY9kMPO2pxDFOOTXPyG3vc3JNdgylcNUw2vVbcVN_w7-mXSAGDEi-67B0_BuRhBBC3cf3nSAMRd9Lri_6_rQh0KTEFEQ42q5xs0l_x8zsD_6BGnz5NgAptATC_LcdQfC/s4160/IMG_20230415_150949340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lDz7mU6ZbBq7-h23jEJ99oYNh_ecduBRLRMneqvqdz91MWWXIERt0qvQWY9kMPO2pxDFOOTXPyG3vc3JNdgylcNUw2vVbcVN_w7-mXSAGDEi-67B0_BuRhBBC3cf3nSAMRd9Lri_6_rQh0KTEFEQ42q5xs0l_x8zsD_6BGnz5NgAptATC_LcdQfC/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_150949340.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty cool deck.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YE-SRAdYvAoEf2Cl4mYAgxiVOWcu_tWYxzFsPb6Qsn66mG-t2wjlhk85soFTF9q9RG1bAYyzewEwi94cQ9-0ESAPFl_EOH_ZBfRfpH6RGS8q1d7dLbibEuIEJWi9WWEYxnx94IK5yYQFmQW6IyBZim2hK5ZIIalHMmfoNMNxTSbYlf1bNeobQ0JO/s4160/IMG_20230415_151017083_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YE-SRAdYvAoEf2Cl4mYAgxiVOWcu_tWYxzFsPb6Qsn66mG-t2wjlhk85soFTF9q9RG1bAYyzewEwi94cQ9-0ESAPFl_EOH_ZBfRfpH6RGS8q1d7dLbibEuIEJWi9WWEYxnx94IK5yYQFmQW6IyBZim2hK5ZIIalHMmfoNMNxTSbYlf1bNeobQ0JO/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_151017083_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRctQ2xuGiKMsp8dWzdhNb7hZL6T0Xit5YM8OM_CeHrM7LOYGHVPwNGpZStYHCL3zkN2OVVX2yqvs5AINDKlv6tGO_e4RJA1A7C0y38zdNcL2e85rzCSfmYQy4lanCqFdOnO6cXVIDvpp5oUyPE2PV3o4vmW48bCZ2J0Yu6G8Bj98K3oVxwKbg3J7/s4160/IMG_20230415_151109419.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRctQ2xuGiKMsp8dWzdhNb7hZL6T0Xit5YM8OM_CeHrM7LOYGHVPwNGpZStYHCL3zkN2OVVX2yqvs5AINDKlv6tGO_e4RJA1A7C0y38zdNcL2e85rzCSfmYQy4lanCqFdOnO6cXVIDvpp5oUyPE2PV3o4vmW48bCZ2J0Yu6G8Bj98K3oVxwKbg3J7/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_151109419.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Other side deck.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAU8F-aEghjp2N0SYZknWfdLWDh83G_9nxIotWWupuygeqYue0GuYdzRgMe18yt4kjxVvIijOCDEM7Lycme2Sbu7Ds6EFhTSJrZ8FK2-UFjfeyhJBc4U7BWCIRB21RgMYIMTLyQSuaZpry0sHsFIc7SZabIg-3MQqPI5VCwVACfYoznQb7qpTel4f/s4160/IMG_20230415_151421749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAU8F-aEghjp2N0SYZknWfdLWDh83G_9nxIotWWupuygeqYue0GuYdzRgMe18yt4kjxVvIijOCDEM7Lycme2Sbu7Ds6EFhTSJrZ8FK2-UFjfeyhJBc4U7BWCIRB21RgMYIMTLyQSuaZpry0sHsFIc7SZabIg-3MQqPI5VCwVACfYoznQb7qpTel4f/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_151421749.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Playground area in one of the interconnecting trail segments.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGli7qTSei5sVEKA_tBnSMnYLXYaNXjlY62cOo3ni_9Rwh-n1QMNEqMEqBkNkrxN7TFsJjLzUgofNHionND8O6Sk4-V0OgQttTvPEHVqzHmD0Dtt4MF2ZjOym-RPC1waOXdaXWPliX8IvqVrK1yk6OjgPq01_vvyJUXbVVa1NCFUKekbd2fk-6sBR/s4160/IMG_20230415_151808099.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGli7qTSei5sVEKA_tBnSMnYLXYaNXjlY62cOo3ni_9Rwh-n1QMNEqMEqBkNkrxN7TFsJjLzUgofNHionND8O6Sk4-V0OgQttTvPEHVqzHmD0Dtt4MF2ZjOym-RPC1waOXdaXWPliX8IvqVrK1yk6OjgPq01_vvyJUXbVVa1NCFUKekbd2fk-6sBR/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_151808099.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Big ol' field. Ideal for tossing a frisbee or launching a model rocket.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65P9JqSW0-Dc0OmAl1wRBrl_jrdmMuoBLG8HsTgcLLVPgubQAqzQMg9ijyn1KrIjdbUola9BZCmnKzB27uvKbffZ3MDxyLVRCGN6_lpiiRjytRWgBw29bVpMylxnZ6atixNuW9-5Urz0h1tcHNH5ofNZ4t3qegEWvQ3ataNczh9JAcACs3YkE8kp8/s4160/IMG_20230415_152000949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65P9JqSW0-Dc0OmAl1wRBrl_jrdmMuoBLG8HsTgcLLVPgubQAqzQMg9ijyn1KrIjdbUola9BZCmnKzB27uvKbffZ3MDxyLVRCGN6_lpiiRjytRWgBw29bVpMylxnZ6atixNuW9-5Urz0h1tcHNH5ofNZ4t3qegEWvQ3ataNczh9JAcACs3YkE8kp8/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_152000949.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Springtime in Central Ohio. Another plant I cannot identify.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvOhl1mFElwrc1NMwVIuSeCdYHIwa6vDwQGs3cvZ8wy0aiTpaFXmta7q89tUKLNYo9Qj0QZBx2-cr2eUnAHaoaMiMHck4AZSJ3_xeeUorvYsUHT2W_6SWtqlqHnvEQGnSUK1dWY3Epgd0TYJdieKXhqIJSfKNl5zk6VsmP5AYmzWyYRUMQwhDvEym/s4160/IMG_20230415_152250886.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvOhl1mFElwrc1NMwVIuSeCdYHIwa6vDwQGs3cvZ8wy0aiTpaFXmta7q89tUKLNYo9Qj0QZBx2-cr2eUnAHaoaMiMHck4AZSJ3_xeeUorvYsUHT2W_6SWtqlqHnvEQGnSUK1dWY3Epgd0TYJdieKXhqIJSfKNl5zk6VsmP5AYmzWyYRUMQwhDvEym/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_152250886.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Less woodsy but accessible trail on the other side of the road.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7R4YH95H550KgoSLNmnWwy-WGavyvBzQh2IGHCfZs-_IK0RqQFlstCkNvbHneL-5_eC_wcR8jZrxnHtlgVhu0vQkHin1mUSqEMuyAnKWb2W0FV9klVI4gNCeybfNat1I04SBS_OqIU30u1wo7BgJ5FKVRxlDxZqEvv_O1PQRVjtemb9OqFLOoBAs/s4160/IMG_20230415_152451665.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7R4YH95H550KgoSLNmnWwy-WGavyvBzQh2IGHCfZs-_IK0RqQFlstCkNvbHneL-5_eC_wcR8jZrxnHtlgVhu0vQkHin1mUSqEMuyAnKWb2W0FV9klVI4gNCeybfNat1I04SBS_OqIU30u1wo7BgJ5FKVRxlDxZqEvv_O1PQRVjtemb9OqFLOoBAs/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_152451665.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think they call this succession when they manage certain parts of a park to grow a certain way.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3tyi7l9leSoUlTNdlYIxGrHSobB4iOy3b896JUWcu34uA_4w6d2lR4QidhoTsa0rb0IQ28q1o5p2WYb13XRDR4bk5k7uud5ifepVdRopVcblfMh7r-PGSMC_mmEZCwrhnSLLZ4Ns7Z03KDFZ6m1B4Hr1LI6WlTjEOZSywwjaw-vGZlCt6-mxIIWC/s4160/IMG_20230415_152902676.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3tyi7l9leSoUlTNdlYIxGrHSobB4iOy3b896JUWcu34uA_4w6d2lR4QidhoTsa0rb0IQ28q1o5p2WYb13XRDR4bk5k7uud5ifepVdRopVcblfMh7r-PGSMC_mmEZCwrhnSLLZ4Ns7Z03KDFZ6m1B4Hr1LI6WlTjEOZSywwjaw-vGZlCt6-mxIIWC/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_152902676.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winton Woods, the park next to where I grew up in Cincy has in the last 25 years put up obnoxious yellow UNAUTHORIZED TRAIL ropes at the entrance to many of the highly traveled trails we all used to take as kids. Not sure why at some point they were all of a sudden off limits. They were (and still are) pretty cool trails. So I guess old habits due hard so when I see an off limits trail, I take it. I mean, there's gotta be something cool on it if it's forbidden fruit right? Actually I didn't bother taking this one. Looked chock a block with sticker plants. Those plants I can most certainly identify (yeeouch!).</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81rlvIAy9vAhAXJsNHRK3cHF-T6kJg0WhfRo4OPlaXtr9fiLFCobcdfqp1DQMLB1lPS4pkNXsMrUkpPeRKEVrww_eZmABOV_PpC0UhrcwUBbiEJbbfL3o6NMdJzepa7Zaoz20hMaX6QPwxyRBuMuFxvSthMiDbAqeLbKkFhYaBSFrxc2IRpH8RX58/s4160/IMG_20230415_153225506_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81rlvIAy9vAhAXJsNHRK3cHF-T6kJg0WhfRo4OPlaXtr9fiLFCobcdfqp1DQMLB1lPS4pkNXsMrUkpPeRKEVrww_eZmABOV_PpC0UhrcwUBbiEJbbfL3o6NMdJzepa7Zaoz20hMaX6QPwxyRBuMuFxvSthMiDbAqeLbKkFhYaBSFrxc2IRpH8RX58/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_153225506_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rounding the big ol' field.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8O9D2_qxdjJlcBrJt3mT_YJjiSG0h8Hlo8y4Cd_57qQfAcMBPKECRIqgT8jjjDKsu06ebhPGQmAtPQJq3JQ5o0z9lSPaGqb-8UG9tPU8OvQ10P49YhnJWC53YFW_Llf3UjgQyyo9ofdgpZyqvsMy8rn2cs-CNc2qkLLQcEicIWLOIbSRthICZOAk/s4160/IMG_20230415_153343224_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8O9D2_qxdjJlcBrJt3mT_YJjiSG0h8Hlo8y4Cd_57qQfAcMBPKECRIqgT8jjjDKsu06ebhPGQmAtPQJq3JQ5o0z9lSPaGqb-8UG9tPU8OvQ10P49YhnJWC53YFW_Llf3UjgQyyo9ofdgpZyqvsMy8rn2cs-CNc2qkLLQcEicIWLOIbSRthICZOAk/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_153343224_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking towards the ranger station. I know it mostly for checking in there before a backpacking camping trip. Another weird thing about Winton Woods where I'm from is they have a huge ranger station with a couple dozen vehicles. Battelle-Darby, a way bigger park has like one ranger car. Even Red River Gorge in KT, in the middle of Daniel Boone National Forest only has a few ranger cars. Strange that Winton Woods goes for such overkill. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsR7-L5QJGRm_WKt_ZlPCYUXu6DgG_wfahDuc6r1dCMXedlXoEFzZDkQu_ClNf5CinDpWKBosg12fhEHTxFFXpY6Q205Z4juojN5cSYZu6YmSFTzkpNaF1-TGR_1FIuFZ_NiEPY8m9GCNbk0HEY1MW9RVM1dRwH-C0CKI9Bd0TzZdVaZwp3WUBIEVA/s4160/IMG_20230415_153845365_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsR7-L5QJGRm_WKt_ZlPCYUXu6DgG_wfahDuc6r1dCMXedlXoEFzZDkQu_ClNf5CinDpWKBosg12fhEHTxFFXpY6Q205Z4juojN5cSYZu6YmSFTzkpNaF1-TGR_1FIuFZ_NiEPY8m9GCNbk0HEY1MW9RVM1dRwH-C0CKI9Bd0TzZdVaZwp3WUBIEVA/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_153845365_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A couple closed reserveable shelter areas. It's where I found much needed power outlets for my dead phone a while back on my second camping trip there.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMI-H40Ru6jxO1iTlVV6YnLnuGmjnfWj219_TCugKh9s0c486wXqE8l3HOy2LjGVnodmXEqfQwu9b--Yg7x4bpJUFygmZ2YNUm_NFecvgabMMRlUShSBvkxEoxflM4gK0DCII5nOn-hK-5Qb2508KA7z3lJG4KES0d-7xq10pukYzLcY7K1THEsED/s4160/IMG_20230415_153921075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMI-H40Ru6jxO1iTlVV6YnLnuGmjnfWj219_TCugKh9s0c486wXqE8l3HOy2LjGVnodmXEqfQwu9b--Yg7x4bpJUFygmZ2YNUm_NFecvgabMMRlUShSBvkxEoxflM4gK0DCII5nOn-hK-5Qb2508KA7z3lJG4KES0d-7xq10pukYzLcY7K1THEsED/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_153921075.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87jfesW4VsU9GvH8McZkvS8Fmu4b5wyYwdYHjyUAQAgfnvjctf7ztLOhS7p56skd_DPou0cBVtEKyiqXTYmziH4XQm37j-vzx2kxFLhEGQOjUKf90riQVvY8QoEryb0ARUSJO191Yto3YN8zvCdCcERHKBwtroD7ouRwPGTzyeIdwAoPq0ZyEgAAq/s4160/IMG_20230415_154010460.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87jfesW4VsU9GvH8McZkvS8Fmu4b5wyYwdYHjyUAQAgfnvjctf7ztLOhS7p56skd_DPou0cBVtEKyiqXTYmziH4XQm37j-vzx2kxFLhEGQOjUKf90riQVvY8QoEryb0ARUSJO191Yto3YN8zvCdCcERHKBwtroD7ouRwPGTzyeIdwAoPq0ZyEgAAq/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_154010460.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I always kinda sucked at volleyball. Baseball & softball were more my thing.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1REogjjkMt-mXPnK32drIqhQhxRZnZ-mnttzDvIYbjy5hFzNwoV7XYsFGznjLdUZLUFIgBRcuhYnffGCxuBz1efMgFphGbGsSB_qhbLM6NojxzEUgAPKdM3UJg_z7iDwpu9s4cXQSqeivSANY-alB_kswxKumaqnRKfeJ6iRXgj8o92c8wIapdTj/s4160/IMG_20230415_154137159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1REogjjkMt-mXPnK32drIqhQhxRZnZ-mnttzDvIYbjy5hFzNwoV7XYsFGznjLdUZLUFIgBRcuhYnffGCxuBz1efMgFphGbGsSB_qhbLM6NojxzEUgAPKdM3UJg_z7iDwpu9s4cXQSqeivSANY-alB_kswxKumaqnRKfeJ6iRXgj8o92c8wIapdTj/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_154137159.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And sometimes promises broken. Not really. Seriously though, the latest 20th Metropark which opened a while back, Quarry Trails is pretty great. At this point it's very much in phase one as there are still some functional quarries. 10-15-20 years down the road though, that place will be a total gem.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCR90X99TzuTxQ8IYAeQGx-GHlR_FYrKhUZ76uv5gxyVaJa2iKkxDPGD6ANo9Bz8jFxHA49ucfWdGC0A9dqWLEky2mCZnlpdYOx2PYZ1EeOM52TlEEPnW_b-8cKXvj9t-QvthPllO4oAJIXe-E3KCK21OAw88uKIFOfL5LnLcmT0IuryGpY1IOP0a/s4160/IMG_20230415_154239239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCR90X99TzuTxQ8IYAeQGx-GHlR_FYrKhUZ76uv5gxyVaJa2iKkxDPGD6ANo9Bz8jFxHA49ucfWdGC0A9dqWLEky2mCZnlpdYOx2PYZ1EeOM52TlEEPnW_b-8cKXvj9t-QvthPllO4oAJIXe-E3KCK21OAw88uKIFOfL5LnLcmT0IuryGpY1IOP0a/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_154239239.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't necessarily suck at horseshoes but I never necessarily feel the need to play.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSAlWZI9vfXuYPW6RnK9N2sI8j4Tlw6zoSg7yvq5GS3vJLkFAVl2FifBswsdv-XxYV0j2J4ZK81ACnMKC5jfkj7q_CCv1tNk1ilxjMxqQCYLAxGxBxO5xXa39ja4HkwHFQJpk4N-1MJU9DYfWIsk2AMibJbKrVqcSR-aQVaGr-PFazRqvHwXdw43S/s4160/IMG_20230415_154324786_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSAlWZI9vfXuYPW6RnK9N2sI8j4Tlw6zoSg7yvq5GS3vJLkFAVl2FifBswsdv-XxYV0j2J4ZK81ACnMKC5jfkj7q_CCv1tNk1ilxjMxqQCYLAxGxBxO5xXa39ja4HkwHFQJpk4N-1MJU9DYfWIsk2AMibJbKrVqcSR-aQVaGr-PFazRqvHwXdw43S/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_154324786_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBvmwVqAoOKCoibpzxfXiMBxJKy1oxJcihmHhJiWQNUXA0zaAZsvktonq50CmT5E5_02wwLKHPD5q0zPxoWDL6xGkxhT1N5gqCqYSBlRBSiMwJhSn7qreE3Cq5Qs5KZQ-PZHGrzA58oWeyqV0EUMPWzMQhzlsAkl_7SPEE7QFvrzZ4T3UPfyY3L6D/s4160/IMG_20230415_154509164_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBvmwVqAoOKCoibpzxfXiMBxJKy1oxJcihmHhJiWQNUXA0zaAZsvktonq50CmT5E5_02wwLKHPD5q0zPxoWDL6xGkxhT1N5gqCqYSBlRBSiMwJhSn7qreE3Cq5Qs5KZQ-PZHGrzA58oWeyqV0EUMPWzMQhzlsAkl_7SPEE7QFvrzZ4T3UPfyY3L6D/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_154509164_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLCk1LaEL3vFpnKSgfCxQ5UjecYoMa3AA3qz-_cZlNN6CHVW3VHtsyq1m49dU2h0DJPa8RgeO0sVuTfAmpqG1cZwQwQMRya2aJ5CQyenvYC38slJsPafmVL0sehAlGh2D7LuEAuCK7TKC9fObrcvEH4PCO00Gonhcy-JVxzE5ffY8Q2idR9dZybzS/s4160/IMG_20230415_154836039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLCk1LaEL3vFpnKSgfCxQ5UjecYoMa3AA3qz-_cZlNN6CHVW3VHtsyq1m49dU2h0DJPa8RgeO0sVuTfAmpqG1cZwQwQMRya2aJ5CQyenvYC38slJsPafmVL0sehAlGh2D7LuEAuCK7TKC9fObrcvEH4PCO00Gonhcy-JVxzE5ffY8Q2idR9dZybzS/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_154836039.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking towards the barely visible Oak Grove Tavern. Home of the unfriendliest bartender and unfriendliest fellow customers. Long story.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKONAJLrQX9qVHDasppXoHKCtxlPQMQFSP27RMvf4ekU-vScJnj5RXUwxEvnh_71Yp9HF3-I1BuMUBEnHS0LwFB35idDlzA4VLc5dYU1yunCY6Y2G6QfKzQ92QUAGMCAkPrkBPeQR-39g3Mu3pdJEByrf7Fa1BYnrYXAC0iJtrXeYt5F61fRR13x1Z/s4160/IMG_20230415_155125607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKONAJLrQX9qVHDasppXoHKCtxlPQMQFSP27RMvf4ekU-vScJnj5RXUwxEvnh_71Yp9HF3-I1BuMUBEnHS0LwFB35idDlzA4VLc5dYU1yunCY6Y2G6QfKzQ92QUAGMCAkPrkBPeQR-39g3Mu3pdJEByrf7Fa1BYnrYXAC0iJtrXeYt5F61fRR13x1Z/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_155125607.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heading back from the reserveable shelters.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOZlw8eiw1l-0xu1hNYbHvVmaJqFnwkJdQ30uG56nY2qVCn2zKbZa54DO-A2kjfsOekzEXnHDWk8FzfVkvnuXSjIq9hPlM-tMCs6MEHtmITkcVr10NNZpeIzlNJH7la03__WzJEyEnkW-BdPjK4S_jakaZj0u_u6D-zfzAJelEZwlrspt71T8pua9/s4160/IMG_20230415_155542737_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOZlw8eiw1l-0xu1hNYbHvVmaJqFnwkJdQ30uG56nY2qVCn2zKbZa54DO-A2kjfsOekzEXnHDWk8FzfVkvnuXSjIq9hPlM-tMCs6MEHtmITkcVr10NNZpeIzlNJH7la03__WzJEyEnkW-BdPjK4S_jakaZj0u_u6D-zfzAJelEZwlrspt71T8pua9/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_155542737_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a sucker for physical maps.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3qi1L6KkWAFlu5j46wGecZwUWbXIym2jWqYlgi4_spXd7TJCBi5COuNtatSfmA6lEFNEYL0azBOAFaCxiz-mH0xxVhRDBSz24yrp6eVD8S0BPcvOHzEDBZol8_3jcMUbT8kC_NteNqVtubsIJ_YD0yq02HbhH3SNy-w-niH-pQqMMK2w6RgJNTQ9/s4160/IMG_20230415_155609727_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3qi1L6KkWAFlu5j46wGecZwUWbXIym2jWqYlgi4_spXd7TJCBi5COuNtatSfmA6lEFNEYL0azBOAFaCxiz-mH0xxVhRDBSz24yrp6eVD8S0BPcvOHzEDBZol8_3jcMUbT8kC_NteNqVtubsIJ_YD0yq02HbhH3SNy-w-niH-pQqMMK2w6RgJNTQ9/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_155609727_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ranger station. I've found them here to be super friendly & helpful. Back in the day at Winton Woods we would dread seeing their rangers. Usually since we were breaking some rule/law. In the park after dark, unauthorized bonfire/camping/parking/drinking/smoking weed. Personally I never got busted but had friends/brother that did. None of us never went down for "borrowing" a peddleboat from the harbor at night and peddling it to the campground area and ditching it there. Hey, what IS the statute of limitations on peddleboat crimes anyway??</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKoHUD36BiUxAHa4jsdl36gq_rsVfCauGMruGoO3bKpEbGaMEwjMAbOKj5refhjtACZjExJAIGUNfkbawK4rsmykHy7gyiGeWEYVrU6oZhxVSCMoFU3UrlKpoZ9biLsZxgR90NnmQxlnfugxsRpHoyV3qpw9BsgBrMzrHCxR-Oab0TlV6M0JTQzzU/s4160/IMG_20230415_155714384.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKoHUD36BiUxAHa4jsdl36gq_rsVfCauGMruGoO3bKpEbGaMEwjMAbOKj5refhjtACZjExJAIGUNfkbawK4rsmykHy7gyiGeWEYVrU6oZhxVSCMoFU3UrlKpoZ9biLsZxgR90NnmQxlnfugxsRpHoyV3qpw9BsgBrMzrHCxR-Oab0TlV6M0JTQzzU/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_155714384.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCy7UFIdGpDWPx_uxGvv4_blAvw1Sx2JKJ28_l-NwisCV5nnmBVdGcVRKpMwN8YuXghPojLZtwb7ZDz7YGvRzFjXD5huj9WPK_FatM9O6c24jZ9aUf0yoTDkZHYFRKQHhtytoAJ_OF64AREVGDWeWQ6YSQQrIALwrCX49Fs5lCIMHDkiKkvFlndFuI/s4160/IMG_20230415_155758877.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Sprinkles started returning at this point.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFJMREu3mkR2zSpY72M8qLZYec9yRy4OVUHVR7OMaiBK0DQBI_M0VTXd2gxT82Z5X1JBtqwfAgxcDS5LhD4EUrShjM3WqxSt1p8I-lYe6mbQqqi8MIQRA4R1HN66rwyhyPZ47iD-3kGE3XcDShuhncPbzgpBTf-jDhfQlRrFUTjXU7_-LXkm-0AJu/s4160/IMG_20230415_160526318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFJMREu3mkR2zSpY72M8qLZYec9yRy4OVUHVR7OMaiBK0DQBI_M0VTXd2gxT82Z5X1JBtqwfAgxcDS5LhD4EUrShjM3WqxSt1p8I-lYe6mbQqqi8MIQRA4R1HN66rwyhyPZ47iD-3kGE3XcDShuhncPbzgpBTf-jDhfQlRrFUTjXU7_-LXkm-0AJu/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_160526318.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I read somewhere that Little Darby Creek is at some points bigger than Big Darby Creek. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J0EWlQIF7n26ZJ6UEt7umAOCn7IKIH5yZ_Tcuxj1GWZndiGiGf9q0lSg39ucHzq9QTep2L_7M7COR9rQUSLio4Gz9K46Lo8VFAvXV67dxYxKTflUeLUyTLkZG3YIduM9Dh3Wjko5JkH-8nTVODFBJlgFa0J-QFhYFNIMz8Quj5EPCBtPbFkRtj0R/s4160/IMG_20230415_160541348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J0EWlQIF7n26ZJ6UEt7umAOCn7IKIH5yZ_Tcuxj1GWZndiGiGf9q0lSg39ucHzq9QTep2L_7M7COR9rQUSLio4Gz9K46Lo8VFAvXV67dxYxKTflUeLUyTLkZG3YIduM9Dh3Wjko5JkH-8nTVODFBJlgFa0J-QFhYFNIMz8Quj5EPCBtPbFkRtj0R/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_160541348.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I suck at swimming but always make a point if the weather is right to dip my feet in the water.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYO7EbGzhIemE3eQ_s5U48P8FLjR6KVTw_uOtVNZ8pkiNPnIHFH2mntfMZmgFoH_aiAkRuJZtiofxLYXd5cQsYK8t5vTde27E-JXPekb5WFJxaKoslY5aEBFhwGrEFjBS4zWhorGrLU18ePp83kRmhm3isJ5QvKhKBmaHt-_yXzRDj9UEGppsIHKb/s4160/IMG_20230415_160602088.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYO7EbGzhIemE3eQ_s5U48P8FLjR6KVTw_uOtVNZ8pkiNPnIHFH2mntfMZmgFoH_aiAkRuJZtiofxLYXd5cQsYK8t5vTde27E-JXPekb5WFJxaKoslY5aEBFhwGrEFjBS4zWhorGrLU18ePp83kRmhm3isJ5QvKhKBmaHt-_yXzRDj9UEGppsIHKb/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_160602088.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alternate, and fully authorized trail up the one little hill in this part of the trail system.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Rl89VBLeYMY-_ljrxGZNeRkm4_JxbanXo0saZgZkWLCA4o4dT-dNSAnewcziX4AxEduJcigL1JAP2LznnmMMADc_wA4tSgWdHiGFaBMPHJJK9gSSmAWQqYPsXUdLFMtFUIiuagYV0XyynIh7RmNxr73LVGcaNpitg4r5J9QFHbcpKRpJ1rpUE0d3/s4160/IMG_20230415_160657568_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Rl89VBLeYMY-_ljrxGZNeRkm4_JxbanXo0saZgZkWLCA4o4dT-dNSAnewcziX4AxEduJcigL1JAP2LznnmMMADc_wA4tSgWdHiGFaBMPHJJK9gSSmAWQqYPsXUdLFMtFUIiuagYV0XyynIh7RmNxr73LVGcaNpitg4r5J9QFHbcpKRpJ1rpUE0d3/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_160657568_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Outdoor educational area. I took a selfie on that stage using the timer function but was unhappy with the result. 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Feeling pretty tired at this point.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04dhE7B8RKnP_AAzZaQegx1x2Z7YDFIWiHkTgM48yOHMSML4u3LJKUgO8_LSs2kuw-XZihCY4rZmEPisNGB6ZhphvHtLnn_qc-SywyBU2M59FXnJSkv05U9ftJOTLrSOgymMbrENiTztIWykvqEpEE-qlmsYPcEU7KneO5MPDH5iFVQOhJRgOfL2z/s4160/IMG_20230415_163058632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04dhE7B8RKnP_AAzZaQegx1x2Z7YDFIWiHkTgM48yOHMSML4u3LJKUgO8_LSs2kuw-XZihCY4rZmEPisNGB6ZhphvHtLnn_qc-SywyBU2M59FXnJSkv05U9ftJOTLrSOgymMbrENiTztIWykvqEpEE-qlmsYPcEU7KneO5MPDH5iFVQOhJRgOfL2z/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_163058632.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">An Ouch Tree.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhW5LIN6zG501bdS_wvOyn8b97zVaVXIJTGmaWgyoNF9LcystErf2KQXG1BPvhPwbNlO2mdU7iGndwfesmIJYWDeNVpHY2vg18iVT5B3OcJ4ahl0ar6tOVqL-W7imxp_TwE-wCk4IXKeyYrUdy9ql-dqvu-Q_oI05UKMMe5qsFaVAx25aISanV_gR7/s4160/IMG_20230415_163554449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhW5LIN6zG501bdS_wvOyn8b97zVaVXIJTGmaWgyoNF9LcystErf2KQXG1BPvhPwbNlO2mdU7iGndwfesmIJYWDeNVpHY2vg18iVT5B3OcJ4ahl0ar6tOVqL-W7imxp_TwE-wCk4IXKeyYrUdy9ql-dqvu-Q_oI05UKMMe5qsFaVAx25aISanV_gR7/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_163554449.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back at the beginning. Indian Ridge which will be the next part of my visit is 180° from here </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdxGzRKq5240tZBf3MY4wIFKT6BrMrpNQ-XBFIgqXtuoMmEQfe3LC4xybnvApNtAOxwrGlq74p1UZkd5kOH9VTJUwOHaJSK5ELddC8S3n59mCRuA6UWhtb7-iYXUX9cDO3unZdK1iN6oibOSWx0peRZs8m5CSjnEkyiscfwgE0vdMHnUQkspvWT_F/s4160/IMG_20230415_163909782_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdxGzRKq5240tZBf3MY4wIFKT6BrMrpNQ-XBFIgqXtuoMmEQfe3LC4xybnvApNtAOxwrGlq74p1UZkd5kOH9VTJUwOHaJSK5ELddC8S3n59mCRuA6UWhtb7-iYXUX9cDO3unZdK1iN6oibOSWx0peRZs8m5CSjnEkyiscfwgE0vdMHnUQkspvWT_F/w640-h360/IMG_20230415_163909782_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Technically not part of Cedar Ridge but the map showed this trail alongside the road on it, so I figured I'd take it till I hit the end of the map. Plus I got to watch the fishermen doing their thing, and see the railroad bridge.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5HfrE9C190AUl-J3QwCHUXt5hrs1XqgUOQjMkWlYE2c2OUNi5WZGhzuGkJMNZpEkNALdGHnNJXsqxCNHQk3KkEA_k-e6ORzf_eYL6oRa9UklHvmO5eOqzz-DpGgFg5mWd6mQMNUs2tFyAbOMKqAKI1521cB_EyijygtamdLf0BWa6K7Qh1anlFoN/s4160/IMG_20230415_164035349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5HfrE9C190AUl-J3QwCHUXt5hrs1XqgUOQjMkWlYE2c2OUNi5WZGhzuGkJMNZpEkNALdGHnNJXsqxCNHQk3KkEA_k-e6ORzf_eYL6oRa9UklHvmO5eOqzz-DpGgFg5mWd6mQMNUs2tFyAbOMKqAKI1521cB_EyijygtamdLf0BWa6K7Qh1anlFoN/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_164035349.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcdnvI6fyzQdf6PC6u1MmPxnj4-yUylvXATDJ3TiwSU_IsEnfruIyrNZA2jWJXrtR1_C7U78V_XhIEZgB8dW8lo99Tb67oLS5sBCO3MKobbWLuct10qB3zu2qdqfC6w-lYAeDH_0580iiOLjLZxD_NFDOUNeQiad7e4bCdXI02n56lUfJm_fZ7e7K/s4160/IMG_20230415_170925421_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcdnvI6fyzQdf6PC6u1MmPxnj4-yUylvXATDJ3TiwSU_IsEnfruIyrNZA2jWJXrtR1_C7U78V_XhIEZgB8dW8lo99Tb67oLS5sBCO3MKobbWLuct10qB3zu2qdqfC6w-lYAeDH_0580iiOLjLZxD_NFDOUNeQiad7e4bCdXI02n56lUfJm_fZ7e7K/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_170925421_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heading back to the bus stop miles from here. Rain was definitely moving in. Checking the radar it seemed there were some tiny but potent cells moving through the area. I hate getting soaked but once you're 100% wet you can't get any wetter. It's lightning that truly worries me, especially walking in the wide open flat fields which the majority of this trail was. 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Being so flat, I could see the entire thing from beginning to end.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8WfbcZWbWEn5lOZAgGBN4zjoV5CI4FKiG_zu1cazlsYKbAwUz0rk5A1pbSSuu3ygjf88QdmdtMIcxO1VYEuEBmeAtP6q_va9ZolfOSZtesnRfiWigHrtKJ-5LMLo4gSKjaWlUCiBlYkfHsw2BYe-dwU58hKyHLFB4QQU8kMWLBXSx8oLieYNF_ao/s875/IMG_20230415_174620059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="492" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8WfbcZWbWEn5lOZAgGBN4zjoV5CI4FKiG_zu1cazlsYKbAwUz0rk5A1pbSSuu3ygjf88QdmdtMIcxO1VYEuEBmeAtP6q_va9ZolfOSZtesnRfiWigHrtKJ-5LMLo4gSKjaWlUCiBlYkfHsw2BYe-dwU58hKyHLFB4QQU8kMWLBXSx8oLieYNF_ao/w360-h640/IMG_20230415_174620059.jpg" width="360" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> So I figure it will take me about 5-7 non-consecutive days to photograph this entire huge park. Maybe more. I may sign up for free backpack camping for a few days to make it easier to base myself close to the center of everything. We shall see. </div>Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com08390 Alkire Rd, Galloway, OH 43119, USA39.8958439 -83.21380599999999139.892551325161612 -83.218097534423819 39.899136474838393 -83.209514465576163tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-84280318495630746522015-04-01T14:00:00.136-04:002023-04-17T13:08:16.726-04:00Park #32: Barnett Recreation Center/Park - Eastmoor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Holy moly, I took these pictures a few days over 8 years ago. I never intended to stop this blog but as it does, life got in the way. Next thing you know, like Floyd sang, "And one day you'll find/Ten years has got behind you". I had uploaded these on April Fools Day 2015, the day I took them, or thereabouts, but just got around to commenting on them 4/17/23.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">Located just southeast of the shady area of James & E Main, Barnett Rd appears to be far enough away that I didn't feel uncomfortable walking around at the time. I don't there'd be any chance I'd check out this bar however. Just out of curiosity I just looked up if they were still in business since the pandemic wiped out some Mom & Pop places. Seems like they made it through.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nice sunny day. Can't remember what the temperature was like 8 years ago. I remember it was nice enough at least to have a picnic of bologna sandwiches.</div><div><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Walking around the rec center.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Picnic spot. I've always been a sucker for pine trees.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Man, these mostly boarded up apartment buildings looked dodgy. They get a whopping 1.8 stars out of 5 on google reviews. NBC4 from a year ago gives a good summary of the place shortly after it went into receivership https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/colonial-village-the-big-flip/</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">When I visit a park with a rec center, I do want to go inside to take pics. But inevitably it would be full of people; I'd feel strange taking pictures of total strangers - at the least it would feel awkward, at most an invasion of privacy. It's one thing to take a picture from afar of a few pavilions of folks grilling out or something. I think the only time I'd feel alright taking pictures of strangers is if I was next to them at a fantastic concert and chatting with them the whole show having a blast.</div><br />
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Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com01184 Barnett Road, Columbus, OH 43227, USA39.947856 -82.9040914.425821500000001 -124.212684 65.4698905 -41.595496tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-14839871696868154332013-01-30T17:46:00.000-05:002013-01-30T17:46:02.599-05:00Park #31: Barack Recreation Center - Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah, a nice visit to a place down Parsons Avenue, "The Gateway to the South". Kinda more like The Gateway to Columbus' Ass. This whole area is full of historic old buildings that have seen better times/fallen into disrepair. This trip was kinda a get in, get out type trip as I felt out of sorts in this part of town. That said, there are of course good families there as well, and hopefully 20 years on down the road things will turn around there as there are some plans to improve the district. Early signs of this can be seen at Parsons & Livingston where the massive new-ish Childrens Hospital buildings went up over the summer. We shall see.. </div>
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Took these during the fall season last year. Unfortunately, the interior of the building seemed to be under construction, as I was asked when I went to look around/photograph the inside if I was with the architects. I was/am not, so I hope to return there soon to take pictures on the inside, as this visit felt incomplete just taking outdoor pics of the place. </div>
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According to http://parks.columbus.gov/BarackCenter.aspx,<br />
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Me Fishing" Grant! The National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA)
has awarded the grant funds to our own Barack Community Recreation
Center to create, sustain or expand their current boating and fishing
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Thats cool but a bit odd, as there are no lakes in sight of the place. Hmm. Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0580 East Woodrow Avenue, Columbus, OH 43207, USA39.9274371 -82.98015670000000914.405402599999999 -124.28875070000001 65.4494716 -41.67156270000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-76964974863099440612013-01-29T15:35:00.002-05:002013-01-29T16:11:46.809-05:00Park #30: Bank One Greenway - Westerville<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black;"> This is not really a park, per say, but a path along Alum Creek that connects <a href="http://columbusparkspics.blogspot.com/2012/06/park-10-alum-creek-park-north.html">Alum Creek Park South</a> and <a href="http://columbusparkspics.blogspot.com/2012/06/park-10-alum-creek-park-north.html">Alum Creek Park (north)</a>, and <a href="http://columbusparkspics.blogspot.com/2012/09/park-25-astronaut-grove-westerville.html">Astronaut Grove</a> in Westerville. These photos were outtakes from those parks posts as I realized later that I had already been to Bank One Greenway although the paved bike hike trail had not been marked as such. These were taken roughly at the end of Summer last year which is why you'll see a funky picture of me on the bike in shorts. Its obvious that Westervillians </span>love this trail in good weather, as it was pretty busy on this Saturday afternoon I was there. It was also obvious to me that Westerville's former reputation as "The Dry Capitol of the World" was still somewhat in effect as many of the gas stations where I attempted to buy a 40oz didn't sell beer at all, and Kroger seemed to only sell 6packs.</div>
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The cool thing about this trail is the outsider art style things attached to many of the telephone poles by Alum Creek. I never did find out the story behind them.</div>
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Westerville, OH, USA40.111081470218139 -82.93999671936035240.109563470218141 -82.942518219360352 40.112599470218136 -82.937475219360351tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-36102247363472227542012-10-24T17:59:00.003-04:002012-10-24T17:59:31.030-04:00Park #29: Ballantrae Community Park - Dublin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Conveniently next door to Balgriffin Park is this place. It consists of a couple of ponds, huge fields and a really tricked-out kids splash area. I had seen this place a couple of months ago and it was raging with families having a killer time. Unfortunately the light was running low and at that time I had no bus pass and the ride back from Dublin to SE Columbus via bike was gonna be horrendous (it was). The 1st 3 pics are from that trip. This time around it was a grey cool day and the splash area had been dry since the end of summer, I guess. This was Monday and I wish when I was there it was really warm like today and yesterday.</div>
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Gotta mention the rabbit statues :) They are by Sophie Ryder, who is known for her highly-textured animal sculptures. She has a few pieces in a park in Nashville which I had seen when I lived down there, so it was a nice suprise to see some of her work here in Ohio. The kids really like running around the wabbits!</div>
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Ballantrae Community Park, Dublin, OH 43016, USA40.0870826 -83.161215140.0840456 -83.166150600000009 40.0901196 -83.1562796tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-41066618345550261582012-10-24T17:29:00.002-04:002012-10-24T17:29:22.816-04:00Park #28: Balgriffin Park - Dublin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Balgriffin Park is a nice park in the upper-middle class area of Dublin, OH. Not too much to it besides a walking trail, a pavillion and some play equipment.</div>
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This place has a disc golf course which was an Eagle Scout project for a local boy. Its a pretty short/small 9-hole course so since I still play with actual Wham-O frisbees I could perhaps hang with the disc guys. Yeah, I'm old school. What can I say?</div>
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All in all, a nice little place that is interconnected to the rest of Dublin via their very excellent bike trails, which are pretty much everywhere up there (Columbus, are you listening?).</div>
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Balgriffin Park, Norn St, Dublin, OH 43016, USA40.0847737 -83.154514640.0817367 -83.1594501 40.0878107 -83.1495791tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-12368098445041982322012-09-27T16:37:00.000-04:002012-09-27T16:37:01.819-04:00Park #27: Avery Park - Dublin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This place is an absolute oasis for the soccer set. Dublin is far enough away from Columbus proper for big green spaces like this. Another thing Dublin has going for it is a quite well-done network of off-road paved bike paths which came in quite handy for me during the then-continuing COTA strike. I noticed later while looking at this place through Google Earth that the baseball fields are aligned in a clover formation; appropriate for Dublin Ohio.<br />
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Avery Park, Dublin, OH 43016, USA40.1262621 -83.160880140.1201916 -83.1707506 40.1323326 -83.1510096tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-52172233037018178572012-09-27T16:11:00.002-04:002012-09-27T16:16:10.901-04:00Park #26: Audubon Park - Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not to be confused with Scioto Audubon Park (which is awesome, but gimme about 3 years to get to that one), this is an OK sized park not far from the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Just your basic ball fields and shelter sort of things. Good place to exercise your feet, although I wouldn't try it at night because the neighborhood is a bit dicey. The most notable thing about this park is that one of our police choppers landed here in what was the <a href="http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/aug/16/15/streets-closed-after-cpd-helicopter-emergency-land-ar-1138786/">first of 3 emergency landings</a>. The first & second, which occurred within 2 weeks of each other were minor. The third was not, involving all sorts of mayhem although everybody got out relatively OK.<br />
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This place was kinda a mind-blower. As usual, I never look up any park in advance before going there, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I figured it would be another boring pocket park off of an Astronaut Street or something like that. Instead it was a lovely little place across from Alum Creek Park North. The park was dedicated to the Astronauts lost in the Apollo 1 & Challenger disasters. I first learned of Virgil "Gus" Grissom in the classic film <i>The Right Stuff</i> which documents the original Mercury 7 astronauts. Gus, along with Roger Chaffee and Ed White perished when the Apollo 1 capsule burst onto flames on the launch pad due to a spark igniting the pure oxygen they were breathing. Poor old Gus never got to rebuild his reputation after losing his Mercury capsule upon the controversial splashdown recovery effort.<br />
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If you're of my generation, I really don't need to explain anything about the Challenger incident.<br />
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I got unexpectedly emotional visiting this place, as the Walsh family has a history of Air Force service, and any loss due to flight tends to kinda get me worked up. Anyway, this was a really tidy, well landscaped place that I would highly recommend for a few moments of introspection.<br />
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This is not a very big space, but I wonder if they would have room for a memorial to the Columbia astronauts?Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0290 W Main St, Westerville, OH 43081, USA40.12563 -82.94095740.1241125 -82.943424499999992 40.1271475 -82.9384895tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-1232426152071324922012-09-27T15:10:00.001-04:002012-09-27T15:10:38.604-04:00Park #24: Ashburnham Park - Gahanna<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another pretty dinky park located in Gahanna. One weird thing I've noticed is that Gahanna is disproportionately represented so far in the A-Z park adventure I've been enjoying so far. Of the parks I've visited, at least 5 have been there. For you math majors that represents 20%.<br />
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This park was not too far from the much larger Academy Park. I remember this day specifically due to the horrendous rain that came down. This was when COTA was still on strike, and I rode the bicycle out to Gahanna. Coming from Olde Town East, that is one hell of a haul there and back so having a basically biblical downpour didn't help. I stopped by some golf center on some major road going there to duck under their building's overhang. Lost a half a pack of smokes since I was totally drenched. I THOUGHT I screwed up my camera too because when I was taking pics of Ashburnham (Ash-burn-ham?), the display screen was looking all sorts of Fubar, fuzzy and washed out. Fortunately the pics were normal and once the camera dried out, it was OK.<br />
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The only other noteworthy thing about visiting here was the nice lady that lived on this street who came out and offered me a bottled water and had a nice chat. I told her about my crazy blog and the hard-to-remember web address. Hopefully you got to check it out Sandra.<br />
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com01253 Ashburnham Dr, Columbus, OH 43230, USA40.051632155669644 -82.87706136703491240.050112655669643 -82.8795288670349 40.053151655669645 -82.874593867034918tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-13061637540400449232012-09-27T14:40:00.002-04:002012-09-27T14:51:07.021-04:00Park #23: Argus Park - Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Argus Road Park, another pocket park style park on the east side of town just off Livingston Rd. This one is bare boned as it gets - no shelter, basketball or anything. Just a simple little field where the kids can toss a Frisbee or have a picnic. </div>
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com01542 Argus Road Columbus, OH 4322739.9419461 -82.899892139.9404241 -82.9023596 39.943468100000004 -82.897424600000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-5459883861550134882012-09-27T13:45:00.001-04:002012-09-27T14:00:08.945-04:00Park #22: Antrim Park - Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"></span> This is more like it. This former quarry is one of the crown jewels of the Columbus park system. The lake is surrounded by a crushed stone walking/jogging trail and has the Olentangy Trail running through it connecting Worthington to the north and OSU/Dowtown to the south.</div>
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Its quite the popular spot for good sunsets, and the dogs seem to love to swim in the lake. Someone told me (no references or whatever) that the Antrim Family who donated the land have a clause in a contract that if the city of Columbus "fu*ks" with the park too much (his words) that the land will revert back to their family. Whatever that means. You heard it here first. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was really bright outside when I took these, so I couldn't see the screen on my digital camera to notice that Mr. Bee was doing his thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve Dibble, my next door neighbor growing up in Greenhills, taught me that the stems of these ubiquitous weeds (Queen Anne's Lace) tasted like carrots when you chewed them. You don't eat them, but chew it and the flavor is remarkably similar. </td></tr>
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This is probably by far the best park I've been to yet. I hadn't been there since my original '92-'99 run when I lived in Columbus, so it was a nice trip down memory lane.Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com05800 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio40.0810162 -83.032781140.074941700000004 -83.0426516 40.0870907 -83.022910599999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-82104370738686934842012-08-12T14:08:00.002-04:002012-08-12T14:08:52.753-04:00Park #21: Anheuser Busch Sports Park - Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Just off Olentangy River road is this sprawling sports complex of baseball fields, a couple soccer fields & basketball courts and an indoor cookie-cutter type complex of the half moon variety that seem to be everywhere in Ohio. This is a huge place, no doubt rocking all weekend long during the summer. I had meant to sneak in a Budweiser to drink while I was at this place, but I forgot. Seen as how Anheuser-Busch has a plant here in Columbus, I should have just phoned them up and had them deliver it to me.</div>
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Pretty much what you would expect, only bigger (@50 acres).</div>Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com04990 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43214, USA40.0603802 -83.033275740.0482272 -83.0530167 40.072533199999995 -83.013534700000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-43612785928140946032012-08-09T18:54:00.001-04:002012-10-25T13:40:52.620-04:00Park #20: Amvet Village Park - Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Columbus experienced a population boom and housing shortage after World War II. A group of veterans with the help of Amvets, American Veterans of World War II, created Amvet Village which is located on the East side of Columbus"</span></span></div>
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com01560 Vendome Drive, S. Columbus, OH 4321940.0006265 -82.946778739.999106000000005 -82.94924619999999 40.002147 -82.9443112tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-89715339136620829162012-08-05T15:51:00.000-04:002012-08-05T16:23:25.354-04:00Park #19: Amos Lynch Plaza/Mayme Moore - Columbus Located by the wonderful King Arts Complex in the near east side of town is this gem of parks. The artwork and thought that went into the Amos Lynch section is something else. The Mayme Moore section is more of a traditional neighborhood park with space for picnics, a shelter and various playground equipment. The <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/photos-2012-heritage-concert-series-in-mayme-moore-park">Heritage Concert Series</a> featuring jazz artists packs them in during the summer. The whole area of the King Arts Complex is pretty wonderful and very much worth checking out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the side of the King Arts Complex is this cool mural depicting the history of African Americans</span></td></tr>
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com2867 Mt Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH 43203, USA39.9710651 -82.978882639.9695441 -82.9813501 39.972586099999994 -82.976415100000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-51345934458565526572012-07-19T13:34:00.003-04:002012-07-19T13:34:59.487-04:00Park #18: Amlin Crossing Park - Dublin Man, this one was WAAAAAAYYY out on the perimeter of Franklin County. The bus to Dublin, which runs very "sparsely" anyway, goes nowhere near this place. Oh well, nothing one can't get to via a trusty hunk o' junk bicycle.<br />
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This was one of those villages that was a blink and you miss it type of place. No stores, just a bunch of farmland and a set of RR tracks which seems to be the place the locals hand out at (at least this particular day). The park itself was a small pocket park with the bonus of a very nice community garden. A couple ladies were out there working the garden when I visited. It wasn't yet stupid hot like its been in Ohio lately, so I strolled around for a little while. I didn't stay too long though since the light was fading and I knew I'd either have to take Riverside or Dublin Rd to get back to my home, and that is NOT a pleasant prospect with a bicycle, much less a bicycle with no lights (or rear brake on that day).<br />
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Reading up on this place afterwards, turns out its the first <a href="http://www.wtwp.com/parks-and-recreation/community-garden/">community garden</a> in Washington Township. Nice little place in the middle of nowhere.Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com05468 Cosgray Rd, Dublin, OH 43016, USA40.076645 -83.18535240.075126 -83.187819499999989 40.078164 -83.1828845tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-43758983824601535422012-07-15T16:16:00.000-04:002012-07-16T18:48:03.113-04:00Park #17: American Addition Park - Columbus Urban boonies was the only thought that came to mind when I set foot in American Addition. After stepping off the bus at around 7 something in the AM, I was greeted by the sound of a rooster crowing. Very weird. As I walked around the neighborhood, It seemed somewhat abandoned. Not abandoned like my part of town where there are so many boarded up historic homes (1/10th, 1/20th of the buildings maybe?) with crack dealer slits cut in the wood covering the windows. It just seemed like a chunk of buildings were either never there or were never built. Something wasn't making sense. It was not a huge subdivision, and yes it was across from a dump and there were railroad tracks to the south and west, but it seemed there was too much space, too much... nothing???<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As does this funky building, which I thought was piles of rocks or something when I originally saw it from a distance on the bus.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This lies at the entrance to the community. Its a very cute place and on that day, a group was putting some work in. Again, I am simply a sucker for gazebos.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I swear I've seen this sculpture before. Any ideas? It looks really familiar.</span></td></tr>
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Some of my questions about this place were answered after I googled it after taking the original set of pics. The <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/03/13/long-neglected-american-addition-neighborhood-to-get-attention-money.html">history of American Addition</a> explains that it is the oldest black community in Ohio and most of the homes were torn down long ago. Its a mind blowing read and spawns some hope for those still there.<br />
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I talked to one lady, who turned out to be Marie Moreland-Short from the Dispatch Story. She was a little hesitant to talk since I was some random stranger perhaps seeming nosy, but we ended up having a nice conversation. She had things to do anyway since the center pictured below was bustling with children. I wished her luck and told her she has a community to be proud of.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A very average park in a rather extraordinary place.</span></td></tr>
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For HIGHLY recommended further info on this part of town, I suggest these documentaries which tell their story with interviews with some of the original residents. Very cool. They are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJyP-mbqdcc">here</a> and <a href="http://homeportohio.org/2011/12/wesley-douthitt-stories-of-american-addition/">here</a>.Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com01674-1712 Helena Ave, Columbus, OH 43219, USA39.9947085 -82.961245639.9916675 -82.9661811 39.997749500000005 -82.9563101tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-68011778030781035412012-07-15T14:59:00.003-04:002012-07-19T13:12:34.988-04:00Parks #14-16: Amberleigh/Amberleigh Community/Amberleigh Greenway Parks - Dublin These parks were visited in the midst of a COTA strike, so getting to them via my roomate's bicycle was a bit tricky seen that they are way out in Dublin north of the 270 Outerbelt. None the less, although Dublin is your typical sprawl of a suburb at least it has some thoughtful planning going for it. Oh, and some sort of golf tournament each year. Dublin has been nice enough to place bike/walking paths pretty much the whole of the route I took along with tunnels under the busy cross-streets to boot. That made using the bike soooooo much easier because otherwise it would have involved riding along the narrow, twisting, two lane, 45 MPH zoned Dublin Road, which would have been all sorts of non-fun.<br />
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Besides the fact that the trek via bike was a hell of a haul from my neck of the woods in SE Columbus, and that the Amberleigh community was a run of the mill "McMansion" sort of place, I was highly impressed with the parks that I saw.<br />
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The first was Amberleigh Park, a pocket park but a hell of a good one. Its basically at the end of a road and consists of a twisty boardwalk leading down, down, down, and more down to the Scioto River (upstream btw of all the grossness that is in the Downtown part of the river). The rather small section of woods they preserved made it a bit of an oasis (the thing, not the band) in the middle of the subdivision. There was a short trail running left right along the river and I found myself spending more time there since in was so enjoyable..<br />
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Now I am an old-school expert on, um, unauthorized campfires having dedicated many of my teenage years fooling around illegally camping in Winton Woods County Park. I have to say, we would never ever leave a bonfire pit trashed, or so piss poorly used (they couldn't even seem to get the fire started). I could not help but notice that these upper middle class kids left about a dozen smoothie things, a couple bottled waters and but one mere beer. A word or two of advice, kids: Ditch the Dad and make it all beer :)</div>
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This was a very pleasant surprise. I heard him first then scrambled to take a pic. He stood still for the longest time and I was trying to get in close (which results in shaky blurry images). So I took about 15 pics and these 4 turned out usable. Thanks Deer.<br />
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Back up the maze of twisty passages.. I rode on to Amberleigh Community Park. According to <a href="http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2012/06/20/pavilion-playground-key-elements-of-amberleigh-park.html">This</a> the park was only opened in June. It does look fresh, but surprisingly finished for being such a new place. As is usual, I never look this stuff up before I go to these parks, so GO DUBLIN!! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This has GOT to be the most unique playground I've seen yet. It almost reminds me of "Safety Town" which back in the '70s/'80s was set up in the parking lot of Tri-County Mall</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in Springdale (Cincinnati), OH</span><span style="font-size: small;"> to teach little kids about traffic. Very neat.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com24806 Vista Ridge Dr, Dublin, OH 43017, USA40.135709558912488 -83.11916828155517640.132674558912491 -83.124103781555178 40.138744558912485 -83.114232781555174tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-7419717688013518812012-07-05T19:44:00.000-04:002012-07-05T19:44:52.244-04:00A couple pics...that don't belong to one park, per say. Taken along the Olentangy River Trail somewhere around Clintonville.<br />
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Another totally small one. This gets a back story, though. During my first attempt to photograph it, our temps were in the high 90s for the 1st time. Just brutal. The bonus is the bus ran through the future home of the Africentric School which is currently near my neck of the woods. The new site is in the old Woodlands Meadows ghetto/government housing which was very fortunately damaged beyond repair during a nasty ice storm a while back. All thats left of the Woodlands Meadows place is about 5 football fields size of tall grass. I had through there before and wondered why such a large tract was left to rot. Thanks to the friendly COTA driver, now I know. </div>
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Cute MILFs wandering around the area, so bonus points for that ;)Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Gahanna Highlands Dr, Columbus, OH 43230, USA40.044588 -82.89708840.041548999999996 -82.9020235 40.047627 -82.8921525tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-49877699387490576832012-06-11T15:34:00.000-04:002012-07-19T13:09:54.041-04:00Park #12: Alum Crest Park - ColumbusA small little pocket park for the good folks along Alum Creek Road. This community has to have been built for the folks that work in the major industries around that area. The few folks that were out and about were nice although it seemed that most of them were out of town for the weekend. These were taken Memorial Day Weekend, so I got some catching up to do.<br />
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It should be noticed that the 2 Jewish Cemeteries are located in roughly this area as when they arrived on Columbus they settled mostly in the Olde Towne East area. Now they mostly live in Bexley.Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Alum Crest Park, 2575 S Cassady Ave, Columbus, OH 43207, USA39.9153823 -82.938391739.903203299999994 -82.9581327 39.9275613 -82.9186507tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-82446188376282820422012-06-11T15:11:00.000-04:002012-07-19T13:09:28.621-04:00Park #11: Alum Creek Park South - Westerville<div style="text-align: left;">
Ahhh, this is more like it. There are several parks all along the Alum Creek. This one was not too far from Otterbein College in picturesque Westerville. One of the neat things, or limitations, about my strategy for doing this blog is that I don't read up on anything about the parks before I get there. No Google Earth, no Columbus MetroParks website. This keeps things interesting. </div>
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So, having said that, it was nice to stumble on this BMX/skate park being enjoyed by some of the local kids. I used to go to a place in Hamilton/Fairfield Ohio called Joyce Park that had a BMX track. My 12 year old self realized I didn't have all the talent I thought I did with my beloved Mongoose FS-1 bike. Still had a blast though, and an acquaintance I met let my try out his titanium bike. Man, it was quite a difference. </div>
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All in all a nice spacious park in the linked up Alum Creek trail. Just a bit north of here was Alum Creek Park North, which is coming soon...<br />
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Alum Creek South Park, 535 Park Meadow Rd, Westerville, OH 43081, USA40.1134727 -82.937383340.1013292 -82.95712429999999 40.1256162 -82.9176423tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-62789687682925410172012-06-11T15:10:00.001-04:002012-07-19T13:09:10.203-04:00Park #10: Alum Creek Park North - WestervilleThe sister park to Alum Creek Park South, separated by the quite extensive Alum Creek Trail which runs from Alum Creek State Park North of the 270 outer belt all the way to my neck of the woods in Olde Towne East. Along the creek were several of these cute artsy things on the telephone poles.<br />
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This smallish park along the Main Drag in Westerville was quite nice. It was just a short walk away from Otterbein College (home of the fighting Methodist Cardinals. Go Cards!!).<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After looking up this park's Amphitheater, it looks like
they hold concerts there under the title of Sounds of Summer Concert
Series. Big Bands & cover bands, all free, and the community is
welcome to bring lawn chairs & coolers. All in all, both the Alum
Creek Parks combined with the adjoining trail and a concert would be a
great way to laze away a nice Sunday Afternoon. Well worth checking out
along with adjacent Westerville, OH.
http://www.visitwesterville.org/calendar.html for a calendar of events.</span>Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com0Alum Creek Park, Westerville, OH 43081, USA40.1247649 -82.939736340.112623400000004 -82.9594773 40.1369064 -82.919995300000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-23160487857249875782012-06-11T15:10:00.000-04:002012-07-19T13:08:47.123-04:00Parks #8&9: Alton Road Parkland/Alton-Darby Parkland - Prairie, Ohio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah yes. These places. Well, lets start with the fact that COTA ran as far west as past the 270 outerbelt on US route 40 and stopped at the Kroger by Doctors Hospital. Much farther west and one gets to the boonies. Boonies usually no sidewalks and high speed limits, so needless to say it was quite a "pleasure" getting to these places.<br />
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The walk from the Kroger drop-off was maybe 45 minutes one way to these 2 separate but equally named "parks". It was walking down the 2 lane country roads that kinda made me white knuckle it. I learned an interesting fact during this part of the tour of parks: apparently "Parkland" doesn't mean "Park". I kinda got excited when I saw the comparatively large tracks of land on the map because the last few places were represented by a pine tree symbol and a number (read: "Pocket Park"). Well, I guess Parkland means an undeveloped prairie style place. Essentially that has not been farmed in a while.</div>
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So all in all, kind of a waste of a trip, although I got to see the progression of the new mega Casino that's going up on the west side. I also got to try the new-ish Coke Freestyle machine at Wendy's for the first time. At least it was nice to get out of the cramped confines of Old Towne East where I live in Columbus and actually see some vast tracts of farmland.</div>
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And this was the equally impressive Alton-Darby Parkland. I just missed catching a picture of a crane in this little bog. I didn't see him till it was too late.<br />
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I decided to snap a few more pics since this was kind of a waste of a trip, and slightly nerve-wracking. This was a huge field of last-years corn that should be sprouting up in a couple months as long as Ohio gets a better share of rain this year. Also pictured is an old church cemetery decorated for the then upcoming Memorial Day. In general, I really hate cemeteries UNLESS they are so old and historic, nobody in the area are around anymore. Something about mourners or recent sad memories, I guess. All in all it was nice to get back home to sidewalks and houses that were too close to one another ;)<br />
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<br />Digital Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782507961551502030noreply@blogger.com06300 Tamara Rd, Prairie, OH 43119, USA39.9419341 -83.169385739.940412099999996 -83.1718532 39.9434561 -83.166918200000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654874704830756540.post-12272652978117378772012-06-05T11:14:00.000-04:002012-07-19T13:08:23.390-04:00Park #7: Alt Field - Hilliard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh this was another pain to get to... COTA only runs Hilliard buses TO downtown 2x in the morning and back to Hilliard 2x at night, so basically one is shit outta luck if you want to visit hilliard sometime during the daytime/afternoon... Unless you want to walk about 2 hours from Upper Arlington, which I did. Thankfully, I talked my pal Nicole into giving me a ride back.</div>
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A cute little place not too far down from Hill-Yard's library with a pretty beat water tower. I'm a sucker for baseball so it was nice to stumble onto a game. Don't know who was who but presumably someone won.</div>
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This was another place that took 2 trips since my original pics of it were on my cellphone which is missing. Always some thing.</div>
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