Training Log Archive: bl

Went back to Mt. Airy to walk a few legs from last nght. Amazing how open these woods are this time of year. See why #7, a depression, was visible from a considerable distance. Chasing yellow relationships at the end would have been hard & loss of time but i was so sure I needed as close an AP as possible. After, watched some of the relay racing across the way.

Cincinnati Zoo, a superb AOWN place/visit! Matter of fact, in departing a young employee at the gate asked me how I liked my visit & I was able to say how impressed I was, 'first time, A+'. Beth generally won't go to zoos. True, there are some unhappy campers in captivity but maybe exposing people, esp young ones, to animals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects & the far-a-way places many reside is of current/future benefit. Visited a memorial pavilion for Martha (as well as the last Carolina parakeet, d. 1918), the last living passenger pigeon who died at the zoo in 1914. PPs used to be 40% of the bird population so it said. Martha last visited in 1974 at the opening of the pavilion. She rests at the Smithsonian. How stupid can man be...the sky's the limit.

Left at 5p. Many, many people were arriving for the Festival of Lights. Cars were backed up all the way to I75, 1.5 mi away. Walked 4.45mi in 4h14m but 'parsed' that.

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C • Sounds like an interesting zoo 2

C • I read this a couple of days ago 3