Note the slanting trees. I assume this is damage from the ice storm we had.
I though this one was interesting. The sign says "Danger Hard Hat Area". It's like a walk in the woods is through a major construction site. I'm not quite sure what the deal is. They might be extending the trail or something, I guess.
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Hey Dave,
I hope Karl and I didn't hold you back too much on the ride. Since this was my first weekend of bike riding for the year 17 miles was a fairly decent ride for me.
Searching the web a bit I found this:
Land acquisition remained a focus during 2004 as Metro Parks acquired an additional
603 acres. Three parks benefited from the additions and land was purchased for the
continuation of the Blacklick Creek Greenway, the multi-use trail system that will eventually
connect Three Creeks Park to Pickerington Ponds Metro Park and to Blacklick Woods
Metro Park.
Although I couldn't find maps of the proposed path, looking at maps of the parks it looks like that would be the best place to extend the Three Creeks pathway towards Pickerington Ponds.
I also came across this:
http://www.thisweeknews.com/print_template.php?story=thisweeknews/061704/rey/News/061704-News-425588.html
Looks like over the next five years the Columbus area will have a lot of nice trails interconnecting several of the parks. Now we just need them to create bikeways along the roads for commuting to work.
It looks like a good place for deer. Do you get many? Have you ever seen one on the trail?
I feel sorry for the trees blown over in the ice storm.
Yeah, I saw a couple of deer at the northwest end of the trail. I was a little converned about being on the losing end of a deer/bicycle collision, so I verbally shooed them away. I probably should have taken a picture.
We have quite a bit more green down here. It's interesting that less than 100 miles could make that much difference. Our daffodils are past peak, although a few are still blooming. The first flowers of the season here are the snowdrops and aconites, which usually bloom in mid-February. -- JES
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