Bob's New Life in Columbus: April 18, 2009 - Stop 1: Charleston Falls 1

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This morning I headed out with

six destinations near Dayton, OH,

on my itenerary.

(I would only cover four spots,

but it was a wonderful day

regardless of my lack of

goal completion.)

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I found Charleston Falls on the Web.

It seemed like a great spot--even

though the site did not show on a

standard map. I would later learn

that I was to fall in love with this place.

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I was overwhelmingly impressed

with Miami County's care of this

natural place. The placards,

the trails, the lack of trash--

everything made this experience

unforgetable.

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Ah...

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I marked the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

--by Robert Frost

Actually, I took the right fork
this time, and the left fork later
in the day... :)
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