Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Today, I am working on school with the kids and getting ready for the week after we had a busy weekend.
Saturday Bill, the kids and I headed out to explore Malabar Farm State Park. This is an Ohio state park and was once the home of author Louis Bromfield. The property was also the site of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's wedding in 1945. Various areas of the property were also the sites of filming for the movie "Shawshank Redemption."
Never having seen the movie or really knowing very much of Louis Bromfield, I just saw this as an opportunity to explore a new to us park. *One of the positives of living in a pandemic is that I am looking for more natural areas to explore locally that I might have overlooked before.
Then we started walking around the grounds. We went through the barn area and came across a couple adorable pigs 🐷🐷🐷🐷 and some goats 🐐🐐🐐.
After we started walking toward trails. At one point we went the wrong way while trying to follow the map, but we eventually made the way to the trail we were looking for. We ended up walking up one of the horseback riding trails first before we realized our mistake and then backtracked to the Butternut Trail. This trail takes you to a cave that you can enter and explore. It was really neat to see!
After we got done hiking, we headed back toward the barn so Ben could see the animals again. As we were walking we came across a tiny snake in the grass.
We then headed to our van to drive up to the top of Mt. Jeez. This overlook offers spectacular views of the valley. Seriously the views were GORGEOUS!
Well, Ben needs some help with his Zoom meeting! I hope everyone has a great Monday!
