Thursday, June 17, 2021

Weekend in the Woods: Land of OZ


We went on a wonderful adventure this weekend.  Emily drove down from Pittsburgh and we had some much overdue fun: walking around the neighborhood checking out the new businesses, visiting Remington Free Farm, setting up the workshop, going to Union Brewery for a show, and finally visiting Watkins Regional Park in Prince George's County, Maryland to explore a Wizard of Oz themed playground and the surrounding trails through the trees...


The first thing we did was check out all the wood carved sculptures, done by groups of local artists with intricacy and skill to rival the wooden tree face sculptures of Druid Hill Park in Baltimore City.  I pulled out my phone and started listening to Man of Straw by John Wonderling, a rare psychedelic track from the 1960's that I discovered on a compilation.



We walked around the small amusement sector of the park, where they have a carousel, miniature golf course and a train that drives all around the woods and behind a farm...




We arrived at the park just as the farm was closing, but we walked around the train tracks like proper hobos foraging raspberries, lavender, magnolias and milkweed while we stopped to wave at the barnyard animals:  cows, goats, sheep, chickens, and two peacocks who were tolerating a squirrel snacking in their pen.


We followed all the trails and wandered down to the creeks, sharing stories and fairy tales aloud as we walked around the woods... It was a wonderful park with a lot to see and do, has a campsite and is right next to Six Flags amusement park as well.





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