We picked up Hazel in BVA last weekend and drove north to Shenandoah National Park for an overnight on Chimney Rock. The weather was PERFECT- rained on the way out, but that’s okay.

June, July, August… half of September. It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I’m just going to give a quick rundown. In June the kids started coming home from college, etc. By August everybody was home – packed house to say the least! But it was awesome. In addition to hitting all the cool…

Got out into the sun today. Last fall I hiked from the Brecksville Reservation Nature Center to Deer Lick cave and around. Today I discovered how to get to Deer Lick Cave from another parking lot – Station Road Bridge. Ended up walking just over 5 mi. with Billie. I had to get back for…

Went to Columbus this weekend for a getaway in Ginny (2008 LR322) – a pretty routine trip for Clevelanders. Awesome times in town, but we took 7 hours to drive home (instead of the normal 2-ish) and wandered county roads NE of Columbus out through Amish country. Got into the hills of the Appalachian Plateau…

My wife and I ran 6.2 miles (5k out and back) of a section of the Buckeye Trail near Hiram, OH this morning. Absolutely beautiful. As they say, “follow the blue blazes“.