Yesterday I took Trey to the Rowe Woods branch of the Cincinnati Nature Center. A friend of mine had mentioned it to me numerous times as a good place for hiking and mentioned that his nephews loved it as well. Though we didn’t really get to hike on this visit, we still had a great time.

PlayScape

Most of our time was spent in the PlayScape, basically a children’s play area that is built to look and feel like a natural environment. Though the water features were already turned off for the year, Trey still enjoyed climbing up and down the rocks where waterfalls normally would be. We also spent a considerable amount of time in the digging pit. I would hide a stick in the gravel for Trey to dig up. We must have played this game well over a dozen times.

Trey Ready To Dig

Once he started to get tired we took a short walk along the new Discovery Trail to see the fish in Matt’s Pond as well as the Abner Hollow Cabin. The cabin doors were open so Trey was able to run around inside with a couple of other kids, though there really wasn’t much to see inside.

Abner Hollow Cabin

A couple of rocking chairs on the porch of the cabin provided a good resting spot. Trey was so excited to climb on each of the chairs, and by the time he made it in the last one I could tell he was ready for a nap. Thankfully we weren’t too far from the car, so I picked him up and carried him through the woods and back to the car.

Rocking and Roaring

I hope to return to the nature center on a future warm day or sometime next spring to see more of the over a dozen miles of hiking trails.