Journal Entries

Camping trip number two of June.

Going to visit Laurent on July 1st long weekend. Laurent is working at a camp in the south east corner of Quebec, right on he Vermont border.

This camping trip was about going to visit him and exploring the Coaticook area of Quebec.

@karentogo joined us for this trip as she was visiting us in Montreal.

Making camp supper together.

Our little spot at camping villette in Saint Herménégilde. Lovely little campground. For another angle of our site see @toesalad photo

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After several hikes of street walking in Cincinnati, I finally got on a "trail" portion of the Buckeye Trail! This portion of the trail is along the 78 mile Little Miami Scenic Park trail, which is a very popular trail for cyclists, runners and walkers. It was great to get into a green tunnel for once. Plus, I got to meet this deer that was very interested in me!

I walked about 8.5 miles from Hyde Park to Milford where I stopped for a beer at the lovely Little Miami Brewing Company. As I walked into the bar, it erupted in loud cheers as Germany scored a goal against Sweden in extra time and won the game. Being a very German area, the bar was filled with Germany fans wearing jerseys. As we know, Sweden eventually moved on and Germany did not.

I hope to hit the trail more frequently as the summer days become less hectic. The trail will continue to Caesar Creek State Park and the Fort Ancient Archaeological Park.

One of my favorite spots to sleep.

First camping trip of the season. We were planning to spend the weekend in Mt Mansfield state forest. But our car was making suspicious and concerning noises so we stopped in Swanton, VT instead.

It wasn’t the in-the-woods weekend we were hoping for but it was very restful which might have been exactly what we needed most after a very busy spring season.

The Mushroom House is probably one of the most curious sights on the Buckeye Trail. It is located at 3331 Erie Ave in Cincinnati. The crazy house was created between 1992 and 2006 by the late architecture professor Terry Brown (https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-cincinnati-mushroom-house). I crack a smile every time I pass by this house, which looks like it is right out of Wonderland.

My church, St. Mary Hyde Park, is directly on the Buckeye Trail. I had no idea all these years that I have lived in Cincinnati!

On June 11, I decided to squeeze in a few miles on the Buckeye Trail near my housing, picking up where I left off in O'Bryonville during my first trek on the Trail. The stretch I hiked goes from O'Bryonville to Hyde Park on Madison road. This picture is from Hyde Park Square, which is square in Cincinnati having restaurants and small boutique shops.

There were many beautiful spring flowers out on the trail during our hike. My daughter Cary enjoyed taking photos of almost every flower she saw!

It was interesting to see the brick road degrade once we were past the last house on the road. There were portions that were asphalted and portions where nature was beginning to reclaim it.