Ceasar Creek

My friend and I went on another hike, this time to Ceasar Creek, OH. Apparently it's named after a slave that was captured by Indians and then adopted into their tribe. Much later a dam was built and now it is a decent sized lake. The hiking trials totaled to about 14 miles and went all the way around the lake. Some parts were connected by roads and you even walk through a little "pioneer village." The hike was nice but the trail makers were ridiculously close in the woods and hard to find when connecting from the roads or village...All together it was a nice way to spend a holiday weekend....nothing like getting paid to hike!!!

Snake!!

roots....

and the rest of the guy....

endless lillys

the creek downstream of the damn

some of the "creek" upstream of the dam

John Bryan State Park, Clifton Gorge Nature Preserve

Went on another day hike last Sunday to the parks in the title. They are connected and fairly small but really beautiful. If you're ever in Ohio they are a must! The trails were a little too short for us so we went up a stream and hiked the ridge line and saw the backwoods. We reached the end of the park and walked right up to a deer and didnt even realize it until we were 15-20 feet from it (pic is 6th down). We had no idea why it didnt run but it was amazing to be that close to one in the wild. We also got very close to a hawk and drank natural spring water, so it was a very fun hike! Again, this place is beautiful...

work work WORK....

So its the busy season at work, which means I worked 59 hours last week, 59 hours this week and apparently the next three weeks look the same or worse....yay!!! Anyways, tonight I'm seeing some friends I haven't seen since before I left for Sweden. Plus, I may go for a day hike tomorrow. Should be a fun rest of the weekend!

Ayo technology........

the used blackberry (that stef bought for 10 bucks) has finally gone down, the battery life actually gains some from time to time, it restarts randomly and is pretty much unusable, but I have saved my old phone and am back to that one! I refuse to buy a new one......stupid technology lol

So I decided to start a blog and will probably give up on it within a week but who knows, more people have them than I thought so I thought I'd chime in!
Just a few pictures from last weeks visit to Sperpent Mound Park in Peebles Ohio....

and then a super fucking cute picture of my girl watching twilight while I set up my blog as we Skype....don't kill me lol I love you min duva ;)