A Visit to Slate Run Historical Living Farm

We found room in our schedule for a day long visit with Nathan's parents (probably one of our last in Ohio) on our way down to Kentucky...

The weather was made-to-order for a picnic.

Afterwards we visited this neat little farm, Slate Run Historical Living Farm, part of Columbus' (OH) Metro Parks network.  You really get a sense of going back in time given that you park a ways away from the buildings, and walk a long, curving, tree-lined driveway that opens up to a quaint gothic revival-style farm house (all it needed was a green roof and a red-headed teenager on the front porch to have passed for a famous house on Prince Edward Island).  There is no noise from traffic, no views of any other homes or buildings.

I can't believe this park is just a few miles from Mom and Dad's and we'd never visited before.  Better late than never!

There were blooms everywhere and I couldn't stop snapping photos.  This is just a fraction of the ones I kept.

The house and grounds were furnished with period games and activities for children to explore and play with.

There were caretakers in 1880s costume working a large garden and caring for the livestock (including cows, horses, sheep, goats, ducks, chickens, turkeys, pigs, bees, and probably more).  Ellie was told to enter the hen house and come back with an egg!

Silly us didn't pack Reni's stroller, or I could have lasted longer, but all in all, it was a beautiful afternoon.  I highly recommend this park for anyone who likes to have the sense of 'going back in time.'  This park is extremely well maintained and the details are abundant.  Click here for hours of operation and directions.

Thanks, Mom and Dad, for helping us make some lovely memories with you!