Sunday, we continued our hiking adventures by visiting Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Yep, right here in Ohio, we have a national park. Although, when I picture national parks, Yosemite and Yellowstone come to mind and his was somewhat mild in comparison.
Evidently, and according to a sign near the Overlook, they saved this land back in the 60's and made it a national park because someone was going to dam the river and turn it into a lake.
The park was beautiful, but paled in comparison to our visit to Hocking Hills last week. This was more like a leisurely stroll through the woods than hiking. Again, we set off early with camera in hand and were surprised to find so many people "hiking" in flip-flops...but we found that most all of the trails were very mild. There were some steep places, but of the 3 trails we visited, only one of them was what we would call adventuresome.
We have been reading about different hiking trails here in Ohio and found that if you chose to go beyond Blue Hen falls that you would be rewarded with another water fall. We did and we were. It was a lot of fun just getting there, but of course, my husband likes to live on the edge, quite literally! There is a group of shots that he took while he was perched on a rock at the top of the waterfall, looking over and then again as he crouched near the bottom of the waterfall, he took a shot up the waterfall! Not me, I have enough trouble on dry land!
I was also amazed at the number of people who had brought with them their children, most of whom appeared to have just been released from the zoo or maybe captured in the wild after having been raised by wolves. Obviously it was the first of those two because, had they been raised in the wild, they might actually have more respect for it. Climbing all over everything, throwing rocks, screaming and hollering. All while their parents couldn't put down the cell phone long enough to ask them to stop! Don't we visit places like this to get some peace and quiet?
It was a beautiful Mother's Day. The dogs were able to get worn out again and I enjoyed another day in my husband's company. Next weekend, we won't be going hiking, it's my Coppy's 85th birthday party on Sunday and Blaine has prom on Saturday, but we'll do some reading (www.naturalbornhikers.com) and pick a place for the following weekend!!!
2 comments:
This is my first visit to your blog and I am most impressed with your talent. I have visited Cuyahoga Valley National Park and it is beautiful. I'll be back to read you again soon!
~AM
Amazing! My daughter just went to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on a mission trip! Reachwc.org was the company that helped house the kids at the local school. I never knew they had such a beautiful area!
Ps. How did you get the Military flag posted with two stars? That's cool!
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