A couple of wonderfully, inexplicably warm days graced February earlier this week, and I made it a point to take advantage of them. Picked a Kentucky town not too far away called La Grange and headed out.
Tracked down a few parks to take advantage of the weather. The first was called Wilborn Park, which boasted just a few short trails around a small lake, but after so many weeks of cold, it was idyllic.
Crossed over this little stream:
And followed the trail til it ended:
Retraced my steps and finished exploring in the other direction:
Before heading off to park #2, called Walsh Park. This one was more geared toward sports than nature, and turned out to be on the property of some church.
Got just a brief walk there, then off to the main square of the town to find a place I'd looked up: La Grange Coffee Roasters:
It was great! Enjoyed my first iced coffee since winter began and sat for a bit. Then, out of the front window, I noticed that there was something very big and alarming tracking right through the middle of main street:
The train tracks take up much of the street, so I guess that's where the train will run. I'm used to it being off away from the center of commerce in a city, but there you go.
After that I made my way home. Another one of my brief outings, but it was so great to be out in the warm world once again.
Waited a little while to post this, because I wanted to have made a decision on whether or not to take this job before adding the trip to my blog. I won't go into much detail, but the end result is that I will not be moving to Ohio - not yet, anyhow.
But at the moment I went up to Oberlin, there was certainly a chance. Had an interview with the music library at Oberlin Conservatory which required me being there in person, and not wanting to spend money on a hotel and stay overnight, I drove up and back in a single day, something north of 10 hours all told. It was a long day.
Got there about 1:00 PM to take a brief basic-office-skills test, after having caught a good 30 minutes of that lake effect snow after leaving the interstate.
This was before any of the Louisville snows for this year, so it was quite a sight.
Had the chance to walk around a very small portion of the campus after my skills test on the way to the library; had it not been 10 degrees outside, I might have made it a point to explore the campus further.
Drove a few blocks over to where the conservatory was, finding a place on the main square of the town to park:
Made it to the conservatory building itself, with its striking design:
And went in for my interview proper:
After all that, I was free to go, and again, as much as I'd have liked to explore, it was cold, and I had a good 5 hours on the road ahead of me, and as you can see, the sun was already on its way down by the time I left:
