Jennings Environmental Education Center 11/21/2010

A beautiful Sunday for another park trip! The weather was gorgeous - no bulky winter coats today. We headed up Route 422, then Route 8, then through Slippery Rock and onto Jennings Environmental Education Center - which we thought would just be a quick stop on our way to Moraine State Park. We were pleasantly surprised!

Jennings is a one of several state parks that is specifically dedicated to providing environmental education to the community. In fact, the parks education center was packed for a program. We headed to the opposite side of the road to take in a hike. After a quick bathroom break, we headed onto the Blazing Star Trail and then onto the Prairie Loop Trail. This trail surronds part of the prairie ecosystem that Jennings is known for. The kiddos had fun following the signs and reading about the prairie ecosystem.

We stopped for plenty of photos and really had a great time running around on this trail. There was a bridge the kids had a great time playing on and each of them helped lead the way with their maps! HA!

Overall, Jennings was well worth the stop and we definitely want to go back and do a bit more hiking around the area. We just hope we don't see the massasauga rattlesnake - YIKES!