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Sunday, March 13, 2022

Trail Angel Extrordinaire - Day 103

  Zoar will only be the bonus section, because the real adventure of the day was water. Helper Sue (and of course her two sidekicks, Sophie and Anabelle) are the heroes of the day.
walker with two dogs
Today was all road walk, right? We got three miles done, and saw Sue waiting for us ahead. Hmmm. We briefly considered garbage bags, but the water is almost to the top of the guardrail. Sue drove us around to the other side where we continued hiking. It would have been a long walk... all the way back to Zoar and around on a different road. flooded road

You might like to see the next flooded spot. Blue blaze, check. Road sign for assurance, check. Extent of extra water- much farther, check. flooded intersection

The water in this flooded area was at least 4 feet deep! Another long drive around. flooded road

The next section of flooding was the longest. A full half-mile of the road was under water. This is all compliments of Sandy Creek. Sue met a road commission guy and asked him how often this happens. "Every year," he said. flooded road

We never would have been able to do today's hike without Sue's help. I guess we would have had to walk back to Zoar and choose a different road to get us to Magnolia. After that, there was no flooding. Yeah, Sue!

Bonus Section: Zoar Zoar Ohio

Zoar is a really special place. It was founded in 1819 by separatists from Germany who lived communally. Now the main portion of the village is operated as a living history museum.

This is the hotel. Zoar hotel

There are way too many cool buildings to show you in one short post, but here is the Meeting House, which was built in 1853 and has been in continuous use since then. The commune lasted until 1898. As such, it is the most successful communal living group in US history. Zoar Metting House

And I love the garden. It was built primarily for beauty with a lot of spiritual symbolism. You can see that it's attractive even in winter. The building with all the windows is a heated greenhouse. Zoar garden

On a previous trip, Marie and I spent a whole day in Zoar and didn't see half of the living history exhibits. It's really a special place!

Miles today: 14.8 (although we had to be driven around something approaching a mile- we walked to the water's edge on each side). Total miles so far: 1332.6.

See Major Upper, Major Downer

3 comments:

AsylumNut said...

Wow! Today was packed. I often like plan B, plan C, plan D and so on. I think it makes for better memories

Ann said...

That's a lot of flooding.

Janine Lim said...

So, apparently one needs a canoe to hike the NCT in Ohio in the spring?! Lol.