Autumn Field Trip

I am ashamed to admit that Faye and I have lived in Central Ohio for 8 years now and we haven't visited the Hocking Hills of Ohio until today. If you are not familiar with the area it is approximately 50 miles southeast of Columbus and as the name says, it is quite hilly. I think it may be the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Any way there is a state park there named, you guessed it, Hocking Hills State Park. There is a popular destination in the park called Old Man's Cave and that was our chosen point for the day. I am posting a couple of pictures, it is quite beautiful and I am always amazed at what Mother Nature has produced. Look at the size of the people in the pictures to get an idea of the size of the formations. When we were fairly close we saw the sign for Grandma Faye's General Store. Naturally we could not pass up that opportunity, to visit a store named after my sweetie. Check out the picture of her under the sign for "her" store. I also had some pretty good pictures on my camera taken by Carrie, at Melissa's shower, and a few I had taken at the Indianapolis Zoo in late summer. I will post some of those pictures on Flickr.

So the bottom line is, we had a very good day, and got to see some of the sights right here in our own "backyard".

Some thoughts I want to unload!

If you are familiar with my old web and blog there is a difference in the names and I want to point out the significance. The old name referred to "Leonland" and I started it while still in the midst of the prescription drug induced mental illness I was experiencing at the time. I gave myself more importance than I possessed, due in large part to the very bad combination of prescription drugs my psychiatrist at the time prescribed, and partially due to the big ego I possessed for years. I was psychologically in a very bad place that I never again want to visit. Enough of that, I am now seeing a new doctor and have been re-diagnosed and re- prescribed. I now feel really good about things and I am grounded in reality, hence the "ville" in the name of my blog. I now realize that I don't want to be a "big shot" or a "land". I am very happy living the life I have, and I realize that what matters the most is the impact I have on those closest to me, the people I love. If I can just be there for them, let them know I love them and leave a positive lasting impression on them then my job in life has been preformed in a manner I am proud of. A plus would be if I could in some small way be of service for the greater good, but now I am treading in God's realm and if he sees fit to use me in that way then terrific. That is about as much deep thought for a Notre Dame Saturday that I want to do. Sorry I bored you, but those are the breaks when you read a blog posted by a sentimental old man, with something to get off of his chest.