It was a frigid beginning of the day at 32 degrees. I met a park worker in Stark County at Lock Number 4 where they were preparing the park for a fishing derby for 500 kids the following day. He remarked that Ohio is one place in the country you might get all 4 seasons in a single day. Today was one of those days as it turned out to be rather pleasant and sunny for short sleeves later in the day. Much of the day was along the Ohio to Erie Towpath trail into the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I met Chris and Grey and my wife Michele in a reforestation area along the Cuyahoga River. where we planted 7 trees. We protected them well with deer tubes, which is a must since the estimate of 100 or so deer per square mile will otherwise decimate newly planted trees with their rubbing. There was plenty of sign of wildlife throughout the day - deer tracks, beaver gnawing on trees, turtles sunning themselves on logs in the canal, and a Great Blue Heron rookery of nests high into some large sycamore trees. It was beautiful day for riding. This is an appropriate day to share a quote shared with me by TRECYCLE supporter Carol Collett of the Bellbrook Gardening club, whose motto is: "We pass this way but once......Let us beautify the path as we go, so the world may see which way we have gone."
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