When I decided to take the plunge and sign up for the Indiana Muncie 70.3 (Half Ironman race) this July 15, I told myself (and my husband) that it wouldn’t cost that much because I “already had everything I needed”. Ha! I seem to have forgotten that doing triathlons, like owning a boat, is something […]
I can’t believe. I finally did it. I signed up to do a Half Ironman. A Half Ironman, like other triathlons, starts off with a swim (1.2 miles, 2112 yard or 84 loops around your 25 yd pool). After the swim, you hop on your bike for 56 miles and then you finish it off
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I’m back at work and have been asked numerous time to share my experiences while on sabbatical. On a top line level: Having the “Adventures around Cincinnati” book was key – this book led us to places we never had heard of and gave us the ability to plan things that were close to each other
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This weekend we visited two other parks in our must-visit list: Woodland Mound and Caesar Creek State Park. Woodland Mound Woodland Mound was AWESOME. This park has got to be in my top 3 list of my favorite Cincinnati parks. First of all it has a really cool visitor center that has a lot of information
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As part of my sabbatical this summer, I set out to do as many Cincinnati things as I could with my 2 kids. As I was flipping through the “Adventures around Cincinnati” book, I had marked “Ozo Play Cafe” as one of the places to visit. I particularly liked their philosophy of a place where
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I continue to be amazed at Cincinnati’s series of parks! Seriously, they are awesome!. This time we visited Miami Whitewater, a very large park, which included a medium-size lake, a splash pad and playground. People can rent paddle boats and even stand-up paddle boards! There were some small motor water vehicles there but not
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One of the places that Dennis and I had considered camping at was Big Bone Lick Park because they had some interesting hiking, a pool and a herd of bison. Since we finally ended up camping somewhere else (Stonelick Park), we decided to go check Big Bone Lick just in case. The park is
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I’ve been looking for a summer volunteer activity that I can do with a 4 and a 6-year-old and through the Cincinnati United Way website, I found the Giving Fields. The Giving Fields are the Freestore/Foodbank local food supplier (think farm to table). They supply the local food banks with fresh fruits and vegetables and operate
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On a weekend, Dennis and I decided to take our boys to the Behringer-Crawford museum in Covington, KY. The museum discusses the Greater Cincinnati history and has four floors with different areas of focus (rail, industry, rivers, immigrants and tourism). One of the things that attracted me to the museum was the fact that they
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Since we had such a great time camping at Lake Kincaid a couple of weeks back, we decided to take advantage of the summer time we have left by going camping again. Before Lake Kincaid, we had come from a long camping hiatus because our last camping experience, while fun, was exhausting. We took SO
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