Dayton, Ohio

The train run was a short wet one We passed bright orange rivers made from clay being washed from the fields framed by the lushest green. Luckily it wasn't cold so you could still hang out in the vestibule, which seems to be Willows favourite place these days. Just sitting in her frog chair with a book in her hand.

The train yard wasn't to bad, we were cut in two with a road going through the middle and a river ran along side us. A few people went fishing in there but I'm not sure if anything was caught. Some used fishing rods and some used a big kitchen colander attached to a big wooden pole. I'm thinking the latter would have been the most successful.

There were a few shops and restaurants a short wander away from the train but nothing special, though Tweedy may disagree with that as there was a gas station that sold Slush Puppy's which he got very excited about. There also seemed to be quite a lot of drive through liquor stores which just seems very odd to me.




Now it is a little confusing this week to were we actually were. The train was parked in Springfield but the arena was quite far away in Fairfield or was it Beaver Creek. Either way I think they are 'in' Dayton Ohio. Whichever it was we were in 'The Wright State'.

The arena is right next to a college and a really nice nature reserve/walk. Willow wasn't that interested in going to explore but once I talked her into it, it wasn't long before she had changed her mind and thought it was a great idea. We had quite an adventure and just because you have to cross rivers by hopping on and off logs and have to wade through swamps and such does not mean you are lost. A few nights before I had seen 5 deer on the out-skirt of the wood but we didn't see any during the day. It was still lots of fun and we did see lots of other wild life like ducklings, goslings and another bird that had the most amazing shiny red wings. It looked like its wings had red foil on them.




It was quite a nice area and there were a few things near by including a fairly decent grocery store and an Indian restaurant that I managed to persuade Willow to go to because it was a buffet. There are no where near as many Indian restaurants in the US as there are in the UK and I really miss a good curry so this was really nice. I wish I had gone more than once. There was also a Walmart and a mall across the bridge but we didn't bother going there as they are generally all the same.

The school managed to go on another field trip, this time to The National Museum U.S Air Force which I think everyone enjoyed.

Even though we didn't do much here it was still a nice enjoyable week.