#cuyagua

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Cuyagua, Aragua, Venezuela

Bianca Bauza

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park During the Covid Pandemic

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 24, 2020. Photo by Braid Kopling.

Since I am traveling home across the country, I decided to briefly stop at some new (to me) parks along the way. Cuyahoga Valley is the first of 4 and is just stunningly beautiful. Boasting over 100 waterfalls, it is a gem.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 23, 2020. Photo by Braid Kopling.

First things first - Just how is the park dealing with Covid-19? Well, I will say this is the first time I have visited a park and not been able to find a trusty flat brim hatted Ranger. All the bathrooms were closed, but there were plenty of portable bathrooms (which I don't understand- don't they need the same cleaning and sanitation as regular bathrooms and I sure missed being able to wash with soap after). In my 7 hours of daylight at the park, I only saw one group (a team of high school cross country runners) who wore masks. No one else. Boy scouts, children, elderly wore no protection or kept any self distancing precautions. That said, everyone appeared to be locals. The train that runs through the park was not operating, and has no plans to re-commence this summer. No buildings were open. The park was wonderfully largely deserted.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 23, 2020. Photo by Braid Kopling.

I arrived at the park just after a drenching thunderstorm and visited iconic Brandywine Falls first. I was rewarded with spectacular full falls and very few people. While the sound of cars in the largely urban surrounding area was always present, so were the songbirds. Robins, yellow finches, red winged blackbirds and crows were everywhere. I also saw fireflies (!!!), rabbits, many deer does and fawns, and three kinds of squirrels- including an all black one! Aside from Turkey Vultures, I did not see any evidence of predators but certainly, with so many herbivores they must be present. (There were no bear safe trashcans or anything like that.) Although I did not see them, there are beavers and otters, too. I wished I could have asked a Ranger about carnivores!

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 24, 2020. Photo by Braid Kopling.

The park itself was an interesting mix of land use. While clearly marked on the map (NPS and Google) indicated I was on park land, I saw private residences and farms. Some of the land marked as National Park was actually maintained by the local , but unlike Redwood State and National Park, no mention of that was made in NPS literature. Again, I wished I could have asked a Ranger.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 23, 2020. Photo by Braid Kopling.

The train that runs through the park (not owned or operated by NPS) seems easily like the best way to get around and signage indicated people regularly board with bikes and kayaks and they are easily accommodated.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 22, 2020. Photo by Braid Kopling.

Bridal Veil Falls (really more of a cascade) was one of my favorite places in the park. The whole water area was smooth, but not slippery slate. Wonderful to walk on barefoot and not so much volume of water to make moving around difficult. I wish I could have spent hours just walking up and down the creek.

I really loved this oasis of a park in the middle of an urban area. You should put it on your own list of places to visit- or, have you already been? Let me know in the comments.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 23, 2020. Photo by Braid Kopling.

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