Great Adventure in Great Outdoors!
This place. OMG. Make time to check this out because it is 100% worth your time. Located in Greenville, Ohio, Shawnee Prairie Preserve and Nature Center was beautiful. As a photographer I was IN LOVE. I couldn't decide what I loved more, the log cabins and fences or the wildflowers. It was just picture perfect.
We started inside at the welcome center where a wonderful greeter told us about the trails outsides and the classrooms inside. We decided to walk outside first. It was hot, but the kids loved it. They have an entire section of the part dedicated to kid activities and encourage those to pick up logs/sticks, ect. and rearrange. Along with a huge sandbox and cool underground tunnel, it was hard to keep the kids moving. We started back into the woods, but about 100 yards in I was getting eaten alive and I didn't bring bug spray so we turned around. When we got to the log cabin and fence line, the kids started to react their favorite cartoon westerns.
When we went back inside the nature preserve building to cool off and go to the bathroom, we got to check out some of their displays inside. You can see from the pictures, the kids liked watching the bee's make honey and Olivia became a turtle whisper. They had reptiles and other displays throughout that the kids liked looking at and touching. There was even a space to sit and bird/nature watch through the two-way glass. It was really neat.
Before pulling away, I made the kids stand in front of the beautiful wildflowers. I want to dress them up and bring them back to take pictures. It's really that beautiful. So if you are looking for a day trip that's free and worth the drive- check out Greenville!
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