Spring Valley, Ohio

After leaving the Cochran Stock Farm in Rineyville, KY, we stopped for three days at Frontier Campground in Spring Valley, Ohio.  It's a beautiful little out-of-the-way campground Northeast of Cincinnati, and is located at the edge of the Spring Valley Wildlife Area.

One day we bicycled 20 miles, up to the town of Xenia and back.  Here's a photo from the bike ride:

The next day, we hiked through the Wildlife Area and around the lake.  There was abundant wildlife to spot, including turtles, frogs, ducks, geese, orioles, cardinals, bluegill and sunnies, as well as many beautiful butterflies.  Here's one of a butterfly -

- and another view from the observation deck -

Back at camp we had a campfire each evening, and even Young Baxter enjoyed himself out on our little patio (that's "Patty" our patio tomato plant sunning herself behind Baxter):

For all the photos go to our Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/scranton21/sets/72157629644274362/