Category Archives: One Tank Trip

We are temporarily closing down this blog to do some reconstruction. For those who follow my activities, this blog has mainly been about the stories I was writing for the Cleveland Plain Dealer for the last four years.  Effective January … Continue reading →

have always told people that I have the best job in the world.  But that was before I met Chris Mentrek, Observatory Park Naturalist at the brand new Geauga Park District’s Observatory Park in Montville Township. Chris is a naturalist … Continue reading →

The Southern tip of Ashland County and the northern reaches of Holmes County contain some of the most scenic rolling countryside in Ohio.  With quaint small towns, like Loudonville, Shreve and Nashville, the back roads give drivers a constant panorama … Continue reading →

The waters of the Little Miami River have been supplying power to mills in Clifton, near Dayton, since 1802.  The Clifton Mill is considered to be one of the largest water-powered grist mills still operating in America. While they have … Continue reading →

The forty-year old Marietta tourist icon “The Valley Gem”, an authentic Ohio River Sternwheeler tourist boat, is celebrating four decades on the river by going green. Instead of burning smelly diesel fuel they are being propelled down the river with … Continue reading →