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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

DAILY WALK IN LANCASTER,OHIO USING THE Lancaster City Bike Trail

This walk starts at my house in Lancaster,Ohio and takes in the area by Lancaster High School, Ohio University Lancaster (O.U.L.) and the amphitheater area for the LANCASTER FESTIVAL.

At least the groundhog isn’t eating the corn. I was originally in this picture but it wasn’t pretty so I did a little editing.

The bike trail follows Fetters Run, Baldwin Run and the Hocking River. We recently had a little rain and some of these (runs) overflowed their banks.

There are several fitness stops on the trail

Lancaster's Thomas Ewing Junior High School in the background

A little standing water left.

Looking back at Lancaster High School GOLDEN GALES Gales football stadium

As a “kid” I spent a lot of time in and around these “runs”.

The trail goes right past the entrance to Lancaster High School. and the baseball field.

Look closely at the debris along the edges of this bridge.

Yesterday there was a backhoe at this spot clearing all the debris that had backed up at this bridge. Today some ducks are here instead of the backhoe.

Now a few pictures of the LANCASTER FESTIVAL concert area:

Leaving the bridge behind and heading to the end of the trail.

She is following me again. Great place to stop at the end of the trail. Time to turn around and head home. Total time for this walk about one hour.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

SMORGASBORD SATURDAY LANCASTER, OHIO AND VICINITY

Had a little rain and the creek (way)behind my house thought about overflowing it’s banks.

This was the Lancaster,Ohio sky early Saturday morning 6/20/09

There had been a lot of rain during the night but the sky cleared from this point on (picture taken about 6:30 am (Had an early tee time)

On the way home from the golf course stopped to take a look at a field of mums:

KELLER FARMS is located From Lancaster:
Left on Collins Rd off of Rt. 33 (across from Meijer). Take an immediate right onto Lithopolis Rd. Go approximately 2.5 miles and Keller Farms will be on your right. NOW FOR THE FIELD OF MUMS:

Looks like a lot of work to me. One more picture of Keller Farms:

Now just down the road a bit there is quite a construction project going on.The Rockies Express Pipeline, USA. The Rockies Express (REX) project is a new natural gas pipeline that is being constructed in the US. The pipeline is being constructed in three segments and will stretch the 1,679 miles (2,702km) between the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and eastern Ohio (passing through eight states).

The final 214 miles (344km) of REX West was commissioned and operational on 16 May 2008. The final section of the pipeline, REX East, will be a 639 mile (1,027km) long, 42in (1,070mm) pipeline from Audrain County, Missouri, to Clarington, Monroe County, Ohio.

Elements of the pipeline will vary in diameter between 36in (910mm) and 42in (1,070mm) at various sections.

The pipeline is mostly buried with a minimum of 5ft of sub-soil cover and the restored topsoil (pipes are therefore about 6ft underground) and there is also a 100ft wide construction right of way, which will be reduced to 50ft across the pipeline and permanently maintained.

Thanks to HYDROCARBONS-TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INFO.. The 100ft wide cleared construction right of way is an interesting site as it makes its way thru Ohio corn and bean fields.

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