As an effort to get in shape my friend April and I are walking every week, cutting calories, doing aerobics (on trampolines) and even hiking! A few weeks ago she took me to a place in Ohio where she grew up- about an hour away, near Malabar Farms.
She was full of amazing stories about this place- owned by famous people, a farm that is self sustaining year round, acres and acres of beauty, ghost/horror stories, Shawshank the movie was filmed there, Humphrey Bogart was married there... this place is full of history, and beauty. I was instantly taken with the
muddy hike the first time and while we did get a bit
lost turned around, we still had a wonderful time.
We talked about doing it again and brought some friends in- they all seemed interested so we decided to drive up with three other friends and try to
not get lost finish the trail we attempted the first time. We set a pretty good pace at first and had an awesome time. We only went about 6 miles this time (instead of 10 the trail was) but had a blast. At one point we had to cross a creek!
Check out the photos and you'll see... this place is stunning.
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| "Is that the bottom of a TREE??" Yes- it was |
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| Following the leader |
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| A path less traveled |
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| I love this grouping of trees |
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| Cool spot |
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| Bones of some kind :) |
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| Attempting to cross the creek without getting wet |
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| Feet |
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| Beautiful creek |
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| Failed at not getting wet |
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| Horse shoe |
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| Taking pictures of self- slightly creepy |
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| Jaclyn likes cows |
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| Old cemetary |
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| Stunning day |
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| Lily pads |
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| Yeah, we conquered that rock |
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| Cave |
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| Climbing back out the other side of the cave |
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| Weeee! |
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| Feet |
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| Shawshank |
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| Two Roads diverged in a wood.... |
I can't wait for more adventures!
