On my way back from a gaming event in Cleveland, I decided to take the long way home and drive through the flat farming country of north central Ohio. In such areas of Ohio, you get a bit more wide open view, though usually bounded by a row of trees sooner or later, and this gives you a bit of perspective on the small things—such as you and I—encountered in such larger landscapes. Continue reading
In which our intrepid hero enjoys the pleasures of the horizontal plane…
There’s more than one type of flat. First, there’s Western Flat. Western Flat may be very flat and it may be very flat for a very long way but typically there are mountains in the distance. Among other things, this allows you to orient yourself. Then there is Closed In Flat. That’s when the country is flat but vision is obscured by buildings and/or trees. When I moved from El Paso to Columbus I went from Western Flat to Closed In Flat. You lose your bearings in Closed In Flat because there is nothing you can see with which to orient yourself. I easily get lost in Closed In Flat if I am not familiar with the area. Lastly, there is Open Flat. That’s just plain flatness to the horizon. Northwest and North Central Ohio is primarily Open Flat. No hills, not much woods, just a lot of farmland. That’s what I was driving through on this, the final leg of my eighth excursion.
Unearthed Ohio 