Field Guide

Outstanding Fall Fun

Alison Wood-Osmun

McCourtie Park is a fun, delightful place provoking smiles and amazement from the moment you spy the seventeen incredible walking bridges that highlight the site.

Savoring Autumn’s Glory

Alison Wood-Osmun

Get out there and drench yourself in the season’s crisp air, dazzling sunshine, pure blue skies and our gorgeous Mid- western autumn palette of rich oranges, yellows and reds.

Autumn color cruising

Alison Wood-Osmun

Homer Yarrito of Homer's Cycles on Harlem St. in Toledo, with Butch Tolles Day Trippers Almost every Sunday(April through October), Butch...

Nature’s Best

Alison Wood-Osmun

It is a wonderfully quiet out of the way place to enjoy a lazy day stroll.

Wings and fins

Alison Wood-Osmun

It happens but once a year, and it is an incredible experience:

New heights in the sky

Alison Wood-Osmun

In the July 31st column I wrote about Skydive Tecumseh, meeting up with two groups preparing to jump, only to have high winds postpone the adventure.

The Sky and Stars are the Limit

Alison Wood-Osmun

Lightness of Being “So why wouldn’t you want to jump out of a plane especially when the door is open,” says Phil White...

Things that make you go vroom

Alison Wood-Osmun

Racing dreams I used to be a road master, zooming around in a speedy go-kart, so I was looking forward to navigating the...

Fun under the sun (and stars)

Alison Wood-Osmun

If you haven’t been to Pearson Park and seen the newly refurbished lake area and/or haven’t been pedal boating yet (or ever), then now is the time.

Down and dirty

Alison Wood-Osmun

It’s time to schedule in some high-octane, dirty fun

The art of fun

Alison Wood-Osmun

The Toledo Museum of Art’s Georgia & David K. Welles Sculpture Garden is a place where sculpture and nature meld perfectly

It’s Lake Erie time

Alison Wood-Osmun

The Great Lake Erie is one of Toledo’s most defining and beautiful features, one of Northwest Ohio’s most treasured resources, and the largest freshwater fishery in the world.

Biking on the railroad

TCP Contributor

We interviewed Richardson, a Worthington, Ohio native and expert on rail-trails, in anticipation of National Bike Month in May.

Love your mother

Alison Wood-Osmun

With Earth Day in our rearview and spring and summer ahead, this is a great time to celebrate Mother Earth. We've gathered the best local green activities to help you love our Mother.

Traversing Toledo by bike — or roller skates

Alison Wood-Osmun

It’s open road season and nothing beats a motorcycle ride on a sunny spring day.

Big Foot, Salt Fork and Earth Day, oh my!

Alison Wood-Osmun

Nature anytime Ohio is renowned for having one of the best state park systems in the country and many of the 70-plus sites...

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