Do you ever procrastinate on something, put it off for another day, week or month, and then each time you try to revisit it, it’s more and more difficult to begin because of how long you waited? Me too. Way too often. It’s been a week since we flew back to Ohio from the Southwest, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Hiking’
April 14, 2010
Go west, young man
Some friends of mine and I are about to head west, on a car camping trip to the Grand Canyon, Death Valley and the Petrified Forest, among other stops. We’re staying with friends in St. Louis and Tulsa, and then roughing it the rest of the trip. (I say roughing it, but a Toyota Sienna [...]
April 12, 2010
Outdoor bookends to a busy week
Busy. There really isn’t a more concise word to sum up the past three weeks. My weekdays are spent working, in the morning at Grow Food, Grow Hope and at night at the newspaper. Every day but Tuesday I start at 8 o’clock in the morning and finish, if I’m lucky, by 10 o’clock at [...]
July 10, 2009
A Walk in the (Wilmington) Woods
As mentioned in the previous post, I recently stumbled across a pretty nice walking trail on the farmland owned and operated by the college. In our bamboo-seeking expedition, Ms. Kelsey and I were pleasantly surprised by the length and condition of the trail, which is maintained by the Lytle Creek League of Conservators. The conditions [...]
July 8, 2009
Weekending in Columbus
I will be back in Columbus for the weekend, and I really want to do something out-of-doors. I plan on biking a bit on Saturday morning, but in the afternoon I’d like to go hiking or trail-running somewhere. Maybe hiking or running at Highbanks? Biking at Alum Creek? Creeking somewhere along the Olentangy? I’m wide [...]
