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California Woods Nature Preserve in the Snow – Cincinnati, Ohio
It is a surprising paradox – a 50 acre old-growth forest only 7.5 miles from downtown Cincinnati, which I would argue is the most underappreciated piece of greenspace in the region. The old-growth wood is part of the 113 acre California Woods Nature Preserve, which originated in 1938 as a WPA project for the construction…
Embshoff Woods – Cincinnati, Ohio
It had been a wet couple of weeks and we were heading into the Thanksgiving stretch, with a schedule that would prohibit a day on the trail. The photographer sensed my desperation and relented to my suggestion that we could perhaps find an all-persons trail to hike during the rain free, 4 hour window that…
Barrett’s Rim Trail, Highland Nature Sanctuary – Bainbridge, Ohio
The calendar said mid-November, but the weather said mid-January. We awoke to a temp of 24 degrees and a couple of inches of fresh snow. It was Veteran’s Day and our daughter Caroline, an educator, had the day off and we were looking forward to a day together out in nature. Hiking with a fellow…