The Red Brick Times

  Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Went for a pupwalk today at the new Lorain County Metro Parks Wellington Reservation and is it ever nice. It doesn't have any of the park type amenities we're used to around here like shelters, charcoal grilling stands, etc., and I don't know if it ever will. My first impression is that they seem to be going for a different sort of atmosphere with this one. Or maybe a better way to put it is that they recognize the land itself is different from anything else they have and just went with the flow. We're talking tall grass prairie type land, evergreen trees (along with the usual oak and maple), wide vistas and, jewel in the crown so to speak, it's all wrapped around the old Wellington reservoir. As we (me'n Niki) walked the reservoir perimeter (just one of the trails there) we heard something big jump. Next time I'll be properly equipped.

Posted 1:02 PM by whatley (7) comments

       Comments:
  • The LCMP website doesn't have this park listed (they refer to it as "not yet open") so I used a Google map for the location link. The actual street address is 535, not 532, but Google didn't recognize 535. And here I thought Google was omnipotent. That'll learn me.
    # posted by Blogger whatley : October 10, 2006 1:39 PM
     
  • Properly equipped? Explosive ordinance? Capn' Billy Whiz Bang ray gun? Republican party credentials? FOP sticker on Nikki's rump?
    # posted by Blogger Andy : October 11, 2006 1:20 PM
     
  • Nothing like a live grenade to separate the men from the boys.
    # posted by Blogger whatley : October 11, 2006 2:34 PM
     
  • You were less than 3 miles from Frabby. Maybe it was he you hear.
    # posted by Blogger jeichenlaub : October 11, 2006 2:39 PM
     
  • No shit? Man, I haven't seen him for a long time.
    # posted by Blogger whatley : October 11, 2006 5:33 PM
     
  • I always see him at the Lorain County Fair. This year he was working the church concession with his younger son. His oldest son is starting college this year.
    # posted by Blogger Andy : October 12, 2006 12:15 PM
     
  • Wellington Reservation is on their site now.
    # posted by Blogger whatley : October 18, 2006 10:43 AM
     
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