Take A Hike

This weekend we went on our first outdoorsy adventure. We went to a state park in Ohio called Burr Oak. They have a backpacking trail that goes aroung a lake, and we heard that the view of the stars was amazing, so we decided to give it a go. It is about a 4 hour drive from Cleveland, and an hour of that is on this amazing windy hilly road. The speed limit was 55 but we would have flown off the road many times if we had gone 55 the whole way.

The hike was about 4 miles to the campsite and 4 miles back. It went through mostly forest, and circled around Burr Oak Lake. It was vigorous enough for us on our first hike out!

Some pictures from during the hike:

...and once we got to our campsite:

We went out at night and looked at the stars. We saw more satellites than shooting stars, but it was beautiful. I've always loved the night sky, but having lived in the city for most of my life, I haven't gotten to stargaze as often as I'd like.

We spent the night in our tent, cooking over a little gasoline-powered camp stove, and then hiked the 4 miles back to our van the next morning.

In the next couple days, we:

Had some delicious salad:

Hung out with family:

Met some fat puppies:

And then got earhaircuts from Jim's dad's wife, Lena, who owns a beauty salon.

I'm very pleased with it!

That's our last few days in pictures!