Last week on our way back from a ride to Killbuck, I noticed a turtle with an oddly shaped shell. We turned around and went back for a look. There, attached to the back of the turtle’s shell were two leeches. One of them was pretty big. I took a few pictures while my wife [...]
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Leeches
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Summer, Uncategorized on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rails to Trails
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Uncategorized, tagged Holmes County Trail on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Holmes County Trail is a Rails-to-Trails conversion. It was part of the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus line. For years it provided an important transportation service for freight entering and leaving the county. It was good for the community. I grew up in Millersburg. I remember, although vaguely, the sound of freight trains passing through. [...]
Welcome to Rambling Along the Holmes County Trail
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spring is in full flower along the Holmes County Trail. We have been seeing and hearing lots of birds, amphibians, reptiles, and other wildlife. The Trail starts in Fredericksburg, Ohio, runs along Salt Creek, then down the Killbuck valley through Millersburg to the village of Killbuck. Passing through farms, small towns, and the wetlands along [...]
