Oliver Mill Park

Beautiful and peaceful place to sit back and relax listening to the calming sounds of cars and trucks and their resolute drivers. Here you can truly enjoy the soothing sounds of rushing water trying to get away from somewhere as if it has committed a crime while at the same time familiarizing yourself and your family with the intriguing aromas of petrichor and the smell created by recreationally burning small amounts of lawn or pasture plants by someone seeking relaxation of a different kind.

There are remnants and ruins of a bygone time littered throughout the park. A better time, perhaps for some and not others. But how great a time can be is a matter of perspective, as John Trusler once said, “there’s no [better] time like the present.”

Visiting the park sooner than later proves delightfully pleasant, knowing that plants will grow and the land reclaim and built structures will steadily crumble as future generations leave historic places neglected.

Enjoy a picnic or watching the slowly passing shadows of clouds under a tree, quietly reminiscing of loves that could have been and loves that could be before wondering where you’ve been for the last two hours and why your kakis are stained and wet. Explain that to your wife, but keep the other stuff to yourself.