Schiller Park
Scioto Mile Park
The first part of the trip exploring Columbus was very fun. Jared, Tristan and I decided to explore the thematic Park list throughout the city of Columbus. We decided to go to the furthest South park which was Schiller. We took the 2 bus to the end of its route, and then hopped on another bus which turned down some road we didn’t know so we got off and walked all the way to the park. The public bus ride can only be described as “unique”, but I digress. The park itself was pretty quiet, there was a couple taking pictures with a dog and there were plenty of other dogs which was always fun. When we were walking back, Jared and Tristan and I decided to stop for some tacos at Local Cantina which was a great small store with some good food. We continued to the Scioto Mile Park on foot. The park did not really stand out to me because I had been there multiple times before and it did not mean all that much to me. It was still nice being in the city by the river, it seems very serene. There were more dogs there but the owners were less than pleasant about letting us pet their dogs which was very upsetting. Both parks are definitely a great place to go and I would recommend everyone to go there. Schiller was a little more peaceful and simple, and would be perfect to go and study or do work at. I cannot say the same for the Scioto Mile Park, as it is kind of busy for a park to do work in. The highlights of each park was definitely the amount of dogs located there. Overall, exploring new parks like this is something that is fascinating to me for several reasons. I love the outdoors as well as the idea of parks being located in major cities. I would highly recommend both parks to friends if they’re looking for a new place to explore, and I am looking forward to exploring some more parks in the future.