tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post6721993602281942823..comments2023-11-28T00:55:31.192-05:00Comments on The Ohio Nature Blog: It's Time to Say Goodbye to the Backyard Bur OakTom Arbourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01919759721690261620noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-40167614489179527722016-10-03T10:10:07.565-04:002016-10-03T10:10:07.565-04:00I was wrong about Desonier, Tom. I have never vis...I was wrong about Desonier, Tom. I have never visited Desonier. On that trip to Clifton Gorge, I stopped at Dysart Woods, the largest stand of old growth in southeastern Ohio, near Belmont. Dysart is owned by Ohio University and, unfortunately, has been beset by strip mining right up to its borders.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-19262698011500372612016-10-03T09:59:39.399-04:002016-10-03T09:59:39.399-04:00Thanks for the offer, Tom, but I don't know wh...Thanks for the offer, Tom, but I don't know when I'll be back in my old "stomping grounds" again (unfortunately). I haven't been back to Athens since I graduated in 1973. I did visit the Desonier Preserve about 15 years ago to see the old growth forest. (I think that's the forest managed by OU, isn't it?) On that trip, I drove from southeast Pennsylvania to Yellow Springs to see Clifton Gorge, where I met my Dad who had driven down to meet me from the Cleveland suburbs. I stopped to visit Desonier en route. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-30857527540395288022016-10-01T20:41:00.639-04:002016-10-01T20:41:00.639-04:00Scott, both places are fantastic. If you ever wan...Scott, both places are fantastic. If you ever want a personal tour of Rhododendron Cove, just let me know...Tom Arbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01919759721690261620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-6856306755360131542016-10-01T20:40:35.075-04:002016-10-01T20:40:35.075-04:00Thanks Scott, you've definitely captured how w...Thanks Scott, you've definitely captured how we feel. It's just time. For us, we were ready. We're going to be in our house a longgggg time, and we're ready to watch our new Bur Oak grow.Tom Arbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01919759721690261620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-61738412098040239802016-09-30T09:35:28.083-04:002016-09-30T09:35:28.083-04:00Tom: I imagine that you've visited Clear Cree...Tom: I imagine that you've visited Clear Creek (Allen F. Beck) Metropark and Rhododendron Cove State Nature Preserve. I was an undergraduate at Ohio University many years ago. I usually drove to Athens from the Cleveland suburbs via I-77, but occasionally I came through Columbus and then south on U.S. 33. I must have passed the mouth of Clear Creek a dozen times, but never drove up Clear Creek Road to explore the canyon. Is it a great place?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-79952481715776887322016-09-29T11:14:47.557-04:002016-09-29T11:14:47.557-04:00Great pictures (as usual) and good story, Tom. Th...Great pictures (as usual) and good story, Tom. The image of the tree in the neighborhood as it was developing is incredible. I know that you did not make this decision easily and that you're going to be heartbroken about losing the tree, but it's likely the right thing to do. My wife and I have a humongous sycamore tree just outside the back of the house. Arborists have estimated its age at 250 years. If it falls, or even if it just drops one of its huge limbs, on the house, there's going to extremely serious damage to the historic house and there could be loss of life if the hit is right. It's scary, but we're only going to be there for less than two more years, so my successor can worry about it.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.com