Between Bill’s crazy busy work schedule and evening home repairs, there was no walking this week. To make up for missed days, we decided to go for a long urban walk. We followed the Evansville Half Marathon route since I recalled most of it was on streets with sidewalks. We started downtown by Mickey’s Kingdom […]
Our poor scout house has gone unused since Covid-19 started. Our weekly meetings have been suspended and the only visitors were families who mowed and committee leaders at a recent committee meeting. Bill noticed that the siding was looking pretty bad. Mold, mildew, tons of spider webs, dead bugs and dirt had taken over. About […]
We got a much earlier start today since the Holiday World bus departed at 7:20 am. We dropped Mason off and were on the Ferdinand trails by 8:45 am. The weather was cooler and the sun was still tucked away. Our goal was to hike the series of loops without making a wrong turn. For […]
This morning started off a little wonky when we missed the bus pick up for Holiday World. A whole domino of schedule changes followed. I had back-to-back morning Zoom meetings starting at 8:30 am. I planned on dialing in for the second one while we drove to Ferdinand State Forest so we could begin hiking […]
My new boots were put to the test today on the trails at O’Bannon State Park. Since we had our new park pass and Bill wanted to explore a new leg of the Adventure Trail, we started inside the park and at a different spot. We parked near the campgrounds and then had to make […]
Back to Ferdinand State Forest we went today. Bill and I hoped that with an earlier start we might make it around all the trails and complete the loop. We bought the annual pass for all the state parks when we paid our entrance fee. This will be a great savings for the rest of […]
After we dropped Mason off at Holiday World, Bill and I drove to Ferdinand State Forest, about 20 minutes from Santa Claus. Interestingly, Santa himself has no problem being Covid-19 safe, but many people out and about at gas stations and passing through are unmasked. Ferdinand has five trails ranging in distance and each marked […]
After dropping Mason off at Holiday World and switching drivers, Bill and I went hiking at Lincoln State Park. We aimed to catch the trail that eluded us last time. It almost beat us again! One can pick up the Trail 4 near the gate entrance but the most direct access appeared to be via […]
Bill has become quite proficient at navigating to O’Bannon State Park. This is no small feat since the GPS signal becomes unreliable out in the woods. We parked off the gravel road and walked to the trail entrances. In all the times we have hiked there (separately and together), we have always taken the Adventure […]
While we have been to Owensboro many times since we moved here, we haven’t spent much time meandering downtown and in the surrounding neighborhoods. We are usually passing through, dining or off to ride at Ben Hawes Park. Today we did a lot more. We parked near Brescia University and worked our way to the […]