Fifteen
years ago, there was a brood of cicadas that hatched where we lived (which
means that they will come back in 2 years to NW Ohio). The bugs were
everywhere. They would hit you as you walked or land on or around you (which
was pretty startling). At work I remember the maintenance department had to
clean the water filters every hour since the cicadas would get into the cooling
tower. It was vacation time, so we searched for some place that wasn’t within
the area of this hatching. Somehow we found the hidden gem of Caesar’s Creek.
The
coolest part of Caesar Creek is that you are allowed to collect fossils with
just a free permit required. Millions of years ago the area had been
underwater. When they built a dam to form the lake, they found the spillway
area was full of fossils from the sea. We saw families and even a bus of kids
collecting fossils. You’re not allowed to use tools, so it’s just walking
around and picking up rocks. The size of the rocks are limited to the palm of
your hand, but you can collect a box of them if you want. This one was too big
to take but cool to see!
A nearby park had Indian mounds called Fort Ancient. It was never a fort but was probably more
ceremonial. There are almost 3.5 miles of earthen embankments which was built
~2,000 years ago over 400 years by the Hopewell culture (which also built the Newark mounds).
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