Get the hell outta the house!
May 28, 2008
It’s gorgeous out there! At least, it was for about 6.4 hours this weekend, and wow was that a treat for a holiday weekend in Ohio. Now I know some of you aren’t really the outdoorsy types, but let me give you some pointers on getting some freshly made oxygen and Vitamin D around and about the Valley. Because doesn’t it feel good to get out after 8 months of being cooped up?
Yeah there are duh-obvious places to go but, I kid you not...I have a coworker that lived in Youngstown and hadn’t been to Millcreek park for YEARS. But maybe I’m a dirty country kid who likes to get out more than the city folk. Some outdoor places can even be enjoyed from the comfort of your air-conditioned car. Or you can be a true adventurer and go out bearing nothing but a knife. And some clothing. Either way LISTEN TO ME or at least enjoy the pritty pictures. These are very photogenic locales.
MILLCREEK PARK
This park contains much more than a rusty historic mill and a suburbanite’s flower garden. I suggest bothering the Canadian geese.. .the Lily Pond is fun for that. Over the countless times I’ve been here, there are still interesting places and paths yet unexplored. Now that everything is greened out and blooming it's bound to be more colorful than the previous months. Yet don't discount going here during the winter season. There are many fun things to do including icicle fights and a game called "where's the thin ice?"
What to expect: Trees, ponds, lakes, many roads in and out of the park, wedding parties getting photographed, bridges, geese
NELSON KENNEDY LEDGES
Take 422 West a bit past Warren to 305 West. Then North on 282.
This is not the hippy fest campground! Though there's that too. It's fenced off from the state park so you're most likely safe from them, though once in awhile they'll break free and get lost in the public area. Beware! Do not take gifts or look them in the eye.
The ledges are big rocks left over from the glaciers of the last ice age a couple hunnerd years ago, or so I've made up from my imaginary study of geology. They may be the foundation of houses leftover from the Age of Giants. If you like claiming yourself king of the world, this is an easy place to climb the nearest rock and claim away. Hell, the hippies might believe you. Fun games to play include getting lost, trying to not get stuck in crevasses, and "not falling".
What to expect: Rocks, pebbles, boulders, moss, trees, caves, waterfalls, hippies, *maybe* skeletons
“QUAKERTOWN” FALLS
I thought this was a totally secret place my friend showed me the first year I moved to Youngstown. It’s not very well documented but I'm pretty sure this is what it’s called. At least that's what the internet told me. DARE to question my authority?
Take 224 East past Poland. Within a few miles into Pennsylvania, there will be a dirt parking area on the left. The waterfall is off a path down from the road.
There are plenty of good viewing spots of the falls. There's a bridge above it, a path down below to the pool, and you can also climb back behind the water under the bottom rock shelf.
What to expect: Water, maybe nudists
P.S. Please do not use beer to enjoy these activities. Mostly because I don't like seeing trash left lying around, but also because it may cause bodily death.
Happy hiking/walking/stumbling/milling about!
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