Our Stay in Lancaster, OH Ohio April 2025 Trading Naperville’s Chill for Lancaster’s Spring April 9, 2025 386 mi ~ 7 hrs Following an enjoyable few weeks with family in chilly Naperville, IL, we headed eastbound just after 8 am Central Time (CT). Just an hour later, we experienced hardly any traffic around Chicago, we […]
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Ohio’s Covered Bridges, From Active Crossings to Preserved Relics Ohio April 2025 Daring to Cross Our First Ohio Covered Bridge April 10, 2025 Location 64 °F We set out for the day to drive around rural Ohio to explore some covered bridges. Our first stop led us along the gravel, somewhat narrow backroads of Morgan
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Discovering the Beauty of Hocking Hills State Park Ohio April 2025 Hiking Through History and Nature at Old Man’s Cave April 10, 2025 2.18 mi 1:02:07 hrs 55 °F We visited Old Man’s Cave, the most popular area in Hocking Hills State Park. It was named after an old hermit who made the cave his
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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Ohio April 2025 Mysteries of the Mound City Group We visited Mound City Group in Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, since 2023. Mound City Group is a restored Hopewell earthwork complex containing 25 mounds of varying sizes enclosed by a low, earthen wall. The Hopewell
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Our Highlights in Columbus, OH Ohio April 2025 Memorial Grove, A Sacred Space in Columbus April 12, 2025 7.61 mi 2:48:54 hrs 45 °F We started our visit to Columbus, OH, by seeing the 2.5‑acre Memorial Grove, a memorial garden behind the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, both opened to the public in 2018. Its
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Utrecht Path Leg 10 SP13 Hollandsche Rading to Maarssen March 2025 Crossing into North Holland at Hollandsche Rading Monday afternoon, around half past twelve, we were back at the station in Hollandsche Rading for a new leg of the Utrecht path, which this time also passes through the province of North Holland. The Hollandsche Rading,
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Utrecht Path Leg 9 SP13 Baarn to Hollandsche Rading March 2025 The Utrecht Path’s Royal Leg! The Utrecht Path keeps on giving unexpected gems. Finding this serene beauty close to Utrecht’s large cities and suburbs is a welcoming wonder! We thoroughly enjoyed our royal walk today.From Baarn station, the Utrecht path passed the former historical
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Utrecht Path Leg 8 SP13 Amersfoort to Baarn March 2025 Scherpenzeel to Amersfoort The central theme of today’s Utrecht Path hike was the Eem River, approximately 18 kilometers (11 miles) long, which officially begins at the 15th-century Koppelpoort on the northwest side of the historic center of Amersfoort.On this early, foggy Sunday morning, we hardly
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The Gulp Valley, the “Foreign” Side of the Netherlands: Somewhere in The Netherlands Discovering Dutch Heights with Old Friends We were away for a weekend for a short reunion with friends who live in Maastricht. On the first day, we stayed close to their home, and while walking around in their neighborhood, we were the
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Utrecht Path Leg 6 & 7 SP13 Scherpenzeel to Amersfoort February 2025 Scherpenzeel to Amersfoort Three days later, we were back at the church in Scherpenzeel around half past ten. Our arrival was later than planned; we had missed the information that the bus was only scheduled once an hour on Sundays instead of twice.
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