Columbus Has a Fantastic Farmers Market
It was a Saturday morning, and it’s our last day in Columbus, so we decided to do a picnic. We walked to the Clintonville Farmers’ Market. It was about west of our hotel. We took the COTA bus instead of taking a taxi. We always try to take buses were ever we go or ride a bike. We arrived at the Farmers’ Market and it was so cute, there were all these local vendors selling there produce. We bought Gouda cheese, artisan bread (apricot and walnut), a couple of scones, there was even a local winery, so we bought a bottle of white wine, which we got to sample first. A couple of tomatoes and a cantaloupe that we asked the vendor to slice in half for us. We really had a great time visiting with all the vendors, we’d ask them questions about their product and they’d tell us all about how they grew it or what weather conditions they had to endure and some humorous stories about getting their produce here in time for the market. When we get back home, were going to see if our community has a local farmers market.
There was a park close to Clintonville Farmers’ Market, but we found a place to rent us bikes because we wanted to have our picnic along the Olentangy River Trail that runs north and south through Columbus and to the Ohio State’s Wetland Research Center. The Olentangy River Trail was beautiful, we pulled our bikes over just before the trail goes through the Wetlands Research Center and proceeded to eat and drink all the wonderful things we bought at the market. The wine was smooth and went well with our Gouda cheese. The artisan bread and the tomatoes was very fresh and delightful. Our cantaloupe was hard to eat since we didn’t have any utensils with us, we laughed every time we tried to fit our mouth inside the cantaloupe, we really didn’t think that one through. We wrapped the half’s back up and will bring them back to our hotel.
Back at our hotel, which, by-the-way, is one of the best luxury hotels in Columbus, we packed our bags, but not before we acquired some utensils and finally got to eat our cantaloupe, which was extremely juicy and sweet. We wished we had time to stay and watch Columbus’s new WaterFire tradition, but that happens in the evening, and we’ll be in New York City by then celebrating my grandma’s 100th birthday.
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