Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Travel to Slate Run Metropark




Although I am tempted to save this image for this week's sky watch, I couldn't resist using it to kick off a series of posts on our adventure to one of our favorite central Ohio Metroparks, Slate Run, near Canal Winchester. We typically park at the wetland area, and then hike to the historical farm. Here we are hiking up towards the high ground, from which you can observe constructed wetlands that zoom with dragonflies. In the meadows here, Metroparks has planted native Ohio prairie species, which are just starting to bloom. Only a quick 30 minute drive, this park is our quick escape out of the city and into the country. Kudos to MetroParks. Tomorrow, we'll take a closer look at some of the prairie forbs that grow in this meadow area.

Tom

5 comments:

  1. Tom: Certaily would have been a great Sky Watch photo. I like the wildflowers in the foreground.

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  2. What a great retreat. :-)

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  3. Looks like a wonderful place....look forward to seeing what you see. Beautiful field of flowers and the sky is indeed perfect.

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  4. It's soooo awesome living close to local parks & nature preserves, isn't it? I was delighted (after we moved into our house,) to find so many state & local parks, nature & conservation areas & even some national wildlife refuges. I may have been raised in the shadow of NYC, but I grew up to be a total country girl & I wouldn't trade it for the world!
    Thanks for sharing your lovely photos, as usual. :)

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  5. Thanks Tom, yes, it was tempting, but I'll have something for skywatch that is even better!

    Megan- Yep, it was awesome, wasn't it?

    Thanks Mary- More pics to come...real soon.

    Lana-

    Yes it is, and you are welcome. Preserving nature for people and for nature itself is critical to maintaining our sanity as beings who evolved in a natural settings. Why we have done everything to separate ourselves from natural processes, and think that we can control natural processes, I will never know.

    Tom

    Tom

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