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A morning blipmeet with JZ and what a surprise we had.  We had no idea this park was so vast and beautiful.  The bottom of our photos caught a fog we couldn’t see, where cold air from inside the cave floated out and mixed with warmer air outside.  It was a little woo-woo.  We both took dozens of shots of the huge moss-covered ledges, but I settled on this one looking up into a cave.  I thought I locked my keys in the trunk and decided not to worry about it.  When we returned, I found I hadn’t locked the car doors, and all was well.  Yippee! 
 
Twinsburg Ledges Area, Liberty Park, Twinsburg
Prehistoric people camped here, drank the clean, cold springs, and hunted game. Upon European settlement, trees were cleared for farming, but maples were spared for their sweet sap.

The 3,000 acre park harbors countless rare and endangered species, including Indiana bats, marsh wrens, and bald eagles. Other creatures seen here include beavers, otters, red-backed salamanders, wood frogs, gray ratsnakes, and numerous dragonflies and butterflies. Large trees exist on rock ledges and in wetlands within the conservation area, where fens and bogs are "protected" by poison sumac and swamp rose. In 2006, Liberty Park was designated as an Important Bird Area by the Audubon Society.  Courtesy of https://www.summitmetroparks.org/liberty-park.aspx (scroll to the bottom (under the bluebird photo) if you’d like to see some incredible captures of the area.
 
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend :)

Photo replaced on 8/12