Fossil Park – Sylvania, Ohio
Second visit in 8 days / brought a friend this time
Back again, second time in just over a week. I didn’t plan on becoming someone who returns to the same place so soon, but here I am. Fossil Park’s got a hold on me, apparently.
This time I brought a friend. They’d never been either, and she didn’t know what to look for, what was real, what was just rock. Same as me the first time, honestly. But where I was breaking apart crumbly layers of mud and shale, they were out there going at full boulders like a one-person demolition crew. I looked over at one point and they were dead-serious trying to crack open a rock the size of a car battery. I told them, “You’re working too hard. You look for these.” And I handed her some shale. Eventually she caught on, just as I had. As for me? I found a rock shaped like a heart. That’s already a good day.
But this one had fossils stretched across the surface… tiny patterns and lines like pressed flowers, just petrified. It’s rough, imperfect, and absolutely getting added to the little collection I’ve been building for my fiancé. I always keep heart-shaped rocks for them. This one just happens to be 375 million years old and covered in dead sea life. Felt right.
We took our time heading back. Talked. Wandered. Didn’t even feel rushed. That’s two visits now, and I’m already thinking about the third. Might be soon.
