Well, actually it’s at Scioto Park located at 7377 Riverside Dr. in Dublin, Ohio. But I always call it Leatherlips because of the monument to Chief Leatherlips located there.

We all know that Columbus, Ohio is pretty flat. Much flatter than the hilly places that I have lived. Like Ann Arbor, Cuyahoga Falls and Fort Collins, Colorado. (Actually, Ft. Collins is probably much flatter than Columbus, but a five minute bike ride, and you are in the foothills of the mountains. Gosh, I miss riding my bike up the mountains. But I digress.)

Luckily, Scioto Park has a decent sized hill where people can go sledding. They even placed hay barrels at the end of the run for those out of control sledders. And for crowded days, there is a barracaded off walkway to walk safely back up the hill.

I took my kids to Scioto Park this morning, and here is one of their sledding runs (with me running along side of them).

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. There are a couple of reasons for that, but recently it was because I was on vacation. Which leads me to the topic of this post.

The Dublin Police Department has a great program called House Watch. Sign up online and the Dublin Police Department will watch your house while you are away.

And they really, really do it! We had a pet sitter watch our dogs and one day she accidently left the back door unlocked. That night, the Dublin Police called our local contact to tell them the back door was unlocked. This is proof that the Dublin Police does not merely do a drive by. They actually get out of the cruizer and inspect your property. They also do it more than once a day. We came home early because of Tropical Storm Fay. Before I had a chance to cancel the House Watch, an officer stopped by the house to inspect my property. I went out to talk to the officer and explained that we got home early. He told me that he would cancel the watch so that the second shift officer won’t stop by later in the day.

I wonder if any other Columbus suburbs have this service. If they don’t, I recommend you contact your local police department and request that they start one.

Dublin FTW!

If I read some of my Republican friends right, they probably look at the Upper Arlington Progressive Action with either amusement or annoyance. Which is fine. I’m sure the members of the UAPA kinda expects that.

Upper Arlington Progressive Action (UAPA) is a grassroots political action committee based in Upper Arlington, Ohio a historically Republican suburb of Columbus. What began as “UA For Kerry” in 2004 has grown and become UAPA, Upper Arlington Progressive Action.

I for one am happy that these groups exists in the traditionally Republican strongholds. It makes for some interesting campaigns. Now we’ve just got to have on in Dublin. … Not that I’m volunteering.