At the end of April, Sabre and I flew to Dayton, Ohio, rented a car and drove to Yellow Springs, Ohio to visit Antioch College. It was a strange little town--very liberal, especially to two people living in conservative Arizona. It was cold, but very beautiful. We stayed at Grinell Mill Bed and Breakfast, a renovated flour mill that was part museum and part bed and breakfast. It was very relaxing. The campus was small, but beautiful.
Just to give you perspective on how big the trees are leading up to the great hall, that is Sabre with her arms not quite halfway around it. The pictures make the scenery look deceptively small.
What was the most interesting to me is that the college has its own garden and farm on the campus. Students are expected to help out on it and the organic vegetables, eggs, chickens, etc are served in the dining hall. They are very big into organic food in Ohio--probably because they have farms every 10 feet. But man was the food good! Each restaurant in Yellow Springs would advertise where their produce, dairy, and meat came from each day.
Sabre was most impressed that they had a raptor sanctuary in the 1000 acre preserve owned by the college. We went there for a presentation and to see a hawk they had nursed back to health released into the wild.
Here are some of the raptors we saw. I would go back to visit--the food and bed and breakfast were fabulous! We will see if Sabre gets accepted in the fall. If she does, it is with a 4 year, full-ride scholarship.
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