Nickel Plate Trail (Louisville)

We’re now halfway through the Summer Challenge! This marks 4 of 8 required trails. I probably wouldn’t do this one again by choice. It was very flat and very straight – 1 mile out and back, and not much change…

We’re now halfway through the Summer Challenge! This marks 4 of 8 required trails. I probably wouldn’t do this one again by choice. It was very flat and very straight – 1 mile out and back, and not much change…

Hike #3 of 8 for the Summer Challenge and this was my favorite so far! The tall trees were beautiful, and the Purple Trail was partially paved but mostly natural and winding through the woods. Some of the trail was…

Ella did a one hour Ninja challenge which required her to: She received a certificate and headband at the end of the class; but she wasn’t particularly fond of her new ninja headband.

Hike 2 of 8 for the Summer Hiking Challenge! This was a nice, shaded trail and we did it in the morning before the heat of the day. It was still pretty humid though. Ella seems to be enjoying our…

Tonight we started the Stark Parks Summer Challenge. It started in May and runs through September 7th – but since I just found out about it, we’re going to try to finish all 8 trails in 3 weeks! I’ve started…

This was Ella’s second time boating. I brought her small crate along so she would have a safe space to go when she wasn’t feeling it, which worked out well. When underway she spent most of that time in her…

I took Ella with me to pick up pottery I made at Hot Pots in Alliance and stopped at the local dog park before heading home.

I took Ella to the grand opening of a local pet store. We took home some food samples and I got her a coffee wood stick since she loves to find sticks and loves to chew.

We needed to go to Cleveland to pick something up so I found a something in the area to explore. We didn’t want a long hike and it needed to be a short stop. This worked perfectly! It was a…