MY QUALITY TIME

Monday, November 01, 2010

#2 National Road::Clifton Mill & Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve

THAT’S MY WORLD,WATERY WEDNESDAY,NATIONAL ROAD,CLIFTON MILL,CLIFTON GORGE,VIRTUAL HIKE

The National Road, in many places known as Route 40, was built between 1811 and 1834 to reach the western settlements. So let’s go Honkin’ Down the Highway with the Beach Boys as we visit Clifton Mill and Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve.

Taking the National Road RD. 40 West out of Columbus,Ohio to Springfield then Rt. #72 (Simon Kenton Trace) South to Clifton,Ohio.

First stop is Clifton Mill because I’m hungry. (imagine that)

Good thing I don’t need gas..The station is closed. I’ll just head over to the Mill.

Now for layered corned beef or pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Russian or Thousand Island dressing, grilled between slices of rye bread with chips and pickle. The Reuben Special about $12.00 including tip.

A quick peek at the “Historical Section”

Flour Sacks everywhere

Upcoming events at the Mill; Their famous Christmas Lights display.. The young men in the next photo are putting lights on the cliff opposite the Mill.

Moving on down the road to: ( My first visit here but it won’t be my last )

This is the land of Simon Kenton,Chief Logan,George Rogers Clark,Simon Girty and Tecumseh to name a few. Sit back and enjoy your armchair photo hike.

Can you see the three sections of rock?

CLICK to learn about Rosalie and Wiley the Hermit. Is the Stagecoach trail really HAUNTED?

I think I’ll take a look at the bridge and then turn back

Heading back.

I’m back at the Mill now. It’s time to get some “coffee to go” and head back to Lancaster. Appreciate you stopping by.

A THAT’S MY WORLD & WATERY WEDNESDAY POST

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Storm Watching for SkyWatch Friday (Lancaster,Ohio)

TORNADO,LANCASTER,OHIO,STORMS,SKYWATCH FRIDAY

On October 26th 2010:: Officially six tornadoes touched down in the state of Ohio. If you live in Lancaster,Ohio the best view would be from Mount Pleasant.. I’ll share some photos from that day.

When these photos were taken the storm warning sirens in Lancaster,Ohio were blaring.

First photo,I’m heading to the top of Mount Pleasant

Next a series of photos taken from the top of Mount Pleasant showing the city of Lancaster as the storm approached. Thank goodness there was no tornado in Lancaster but we did have some strong in-line winds and a lot of rain.

At this point I’m getting ready to get off Mount Pleasant. There were two other (NUTS) up there besides myself. Two of us left and the other fellow stayed. (He had a camera LOL)

Really getting windy and starting to rain. There is a cave about thirty seconds from where I’m standing that offered protection from wind/rain.

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Attribution: Justin1569 at en.wikipedia (Tornado Photo)

Mount Pleasant after a Winter Storm:::::

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Watery Wednesday at Flint Ridge Memorial State Park in Licking County Ohio.

FLINT RIDGE,LANCASTER OHIO,NATIONAL ROAD,PONDS

A WATERY WEDNESDAY POST

Not Walden Pond which is located in Concord, Massachusetts, in the United States.

The pond is in the middle of what used to be an ancient American Indian civilization that arose in Ohio and other parts of eastern North America during the Middle Woodland Period, perhaps as early as 100 BC.(The Hopewell culture) As an aside Linda and I had our first date at an Indian Mound in Newark,Ohio. (A picnic about this time of year)

Each Labor Day weekend there is a Knap-In, a gathering of flint knappers and workers in other primitive arts.

Flint Ridge State Memorial is located southeast of Newark, Ohio at State Route 668 and Flint Ridge Road.Just north of Route 40 The National Road and sometimes called the Hopewell National Road.

Have been thinking about doing a series of posts about areas of interest close to "The Historic National Road" (Today the alignment is mostly followed by U.S. Highway 40.)

Lancaster,Ohio where I live is only about thirty miles south of the National Road. Today, since this is a Watery Wednesday post I didn’t show any of the other photos from FLINT RIDGE. | will save that for a future post. NOW just for fun::: In thinking about ponds I thought about “On Golden Pond” So let’s take a peek at Jane Fonda at age 44 in a bikini. You will have to click (watch on YouTube)

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Monday, October 25, 2010

"THE GREATEST FREE SHOW ON EARTH"

CIRCLEVILLE PUMPKIN SHOW FOR MY QUALITY TIME

Well,the Circleville Pumpkin Show is over for another year but maybe I can keep it going virtually with a “That’s My World” post.

A couple murals on one of the downtown buildings

The Pumpkin Show is fair, clean and above reproach in every respect contributing largely to its becoming the sixth largest festival in the United States with an annual attendance in four days and nights of over 300,000 persons and its claim to being the "GREATEST FREE SHOW ON EARTH" as no admission charge or entry fee is made. READ MORE

“The Pumpkin Show is held every 3rd Wednesday through Saturday in October, however, local citizens are encouraged to preview the festival on Tuesday. Rumors have persisted about adding extra days.”

“The Pumpkin Show was silenced for one year during World War I and two years during World War II. Aside from this three-year gap, there have been no other recorded occurrences of the Circleville Pumpkin Show being halted - by snow, sleet, or scorching heat.”

Must have food