It’s the first day of school for our Memorial High School Freshman! School started in person and that is worth mentioning given current situation we are experiencing with Covid-19. We do not know how long this will last but for now, we will take it. Today was a soft opening for only students with last […]
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 […]
Tonight we celebrated the Covid-19 rendition of Mason’s eighth grade graduation from St. John the Baptist. It was open to immediate family only. Everyone was masked and we had assigned seating. We were in the last row in the very back. Mrs. Flatt facilitated the ceremony which included several scripture readings, a few speeches by […]
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 […]
Today we walked in downtown Evansville and we started later in the afternoon. It was still hot, of course. We wanted to explore the historic homes and some nearby streets. We parked at Chandler and Water Streets and let the wind take us where it would. We tried to walk mostly north/south and take advantage […]
Happy Fourth of July! It was a warm day here today, in the 90s and humid. Doesn’t that sound like the perfect weather for a long midday walk? Of course it does! With water on our backs and my lunch packed, we started on our journey. We parked as close to the beginning as we […]