The Red Brick Times

Vy a duck? Because they are best suited for our newly created wetlands habitats, courtesy of inches of rain over the past few days. We spent Sunday (5/23) in Findley State Park, walking some of the 10 miles of trails there. There were three trail surfaces to be found: muck, slosh, and ooze. Experience nature, up close and personal if one isn't waterproof from mid-calf on down. We glooshed up to the spillway, to find the water running ower the top. The water also covered the park's swimming beach extending into the grassy area behind the beach. The day before (5/22)we walked down into (the closed) Cascade Park to find the river up to the access road near the play area, over the road in the fireworks staging area, and wetting the foundations and bottom level of the old swimming pool bath house that the Park Service is planning on renovating into a nature and interpretive center. They may want to start with displays on how to recognize a flood plain. The Washington Avenue falls were awesome, thndering and Niagra-like as viewed from the new platform and decks on Lake Avenue (old Lodi street) near where the Lodi Street road entrance used to be. The Lake Avenue falls are easily reached via a paved walking path from the Cascade Park entrance, and via a wooden viewing deck. The gorge was completely filled with brown turbid water rapidly carrying Southern Lorain County to Lake Erie. The comparison is being made to the last "big water" event on July 4, 1969, when Cascade Park filled even deeper after the onslaught of 5 or 6 inches of rain in just a few hours, prompting an emergency evacuation of the crowds gathered in the basin for the fireworks before the water started rising. Excuse me. I have to go and re-waterproof my boots.
Posted 10:10 PM by Andy Allan 0 comments

Well now, the Blogger posting pages certainly have a different look since last I've seen them (it has been awhile). Seems pretty easy to navigate but if anyone's having a problem let me know. I spent a few minutes poking around in some setup screens and noticed what appears to be a new comment functionality built right in. God, the trouble we've had with comments in the past! Our present system seems to continue to work well in the new environment and, as we all know, if it ain't broke.....
Posted 1:17 PM by whatley 0 comments

Party! Sunday May 30 from 2 PM until all night long. Happens every year. Buncha artists, musicians, engineers, computer geeks, nautical types, librarians, actors, and other dregs of humanity. I have been given leave to invite whomever. Indoors, outdoors, campfires, woods, comestibles galore (must bring something edible to share). A solstice-like event that our host has been having annually at her place for 30 years. In Peninsula. See me for directions and details.
Posted 12:56 PM by Andy Allan 0 comments