April 28th – May 20th
May 20th
An epic American Discovery Trail sign!
May 19th
My camping spot for the night. I was camping IN the dry creek bed, until that flooded ...
May 19th
Jesus overlooking the Ohio River
May 19th
My final hill to conquer in Ohio
May 19th
A Lazarus lizard, native to Cincinnati. They're sneaky bastards, took me awhile to catch one!
May 19th
The woman who covered my fee on the Anderson Ferry also treated me to a chocolate milk
May 19th
May 19th
May 19th
Anderson Ferry, only 50 cents. Another woman covered my fee.
May 19th
Ludlow, Kentucky
May 18th
A beautiful Kentucky sunset, my one and only
May 18th
Abandoned building in Devou Park
May 18th
May 18th
Surreal moment
May 18th
At last, I've arrived at the border between Ohio and Kentucky!
May 18th
Cincinnati!
May 18th
The Burning Man inspired exhibit volunteers were working on outside the Cincinnati museum. I added a few sticks to it.
May 18th
May 18th
May 18th
May 18th
Cincinnati's free art museum
May 18th
Peggy treated me to a shake!
May 18th
Breakfast, and then some
May 17th
My farmers tan!
May 17th
Eden Park
May 17th
Skyline Chili, another Cincinnati staple!
May 17th
Graeters, a Cincinnati staple!
May 17th
May 17th
May 17th
Rat snake!
May 16th
My campground for the night in Milford
May 17th
Where 7 trails meet, including the American Discovery Trail!
May 17th
May 17th
May 16th
The Dollar Store employee gave me my new draw bag for free!
May 15th
These two kind women thought I was homeless and came to check on me in the night 😛
May 15th
The baseball dugout Blanchester's police permitted me to stay in
May 15th
May 15th
My first run-in with police. Someone called on me for "going through peoples mailboxes" Psshh! Very kind officer
May 15th
RT. 28 is lined with fields of mustard!
May 14th
Linda's dog
May 13th
May 13th
Leesburg! Where there is no where to sleep ...
May 13th
My hosts gave me this breakfast bar from a Mennonite family down the street
May 12th
My humble abode for the night, a farmer's barn
May 12th
After RT. 50 insisted on trying to kill me, I decided to hop on RT. 28 to Cincinnati
May 11th
My WarmShowers host had a lot in the center of Chillicothe for me. First city I sleep outside in just happens to have unsolved serial murders ...
May 11th
I told a passerby I was thinking of getting a retractable fishing pole and he said, "well, I can cover that!" and pulled one out of his backseat for me, just like that. 😛
May 11th
My WarmShowers host treated me to dinner at a local joint
May 11th
May 11th
One slim shoulder -sigh-
May 10th
The view from my Trail Angel's backyard
May 10th
Discarded needles along RT. 327. Addiction is a major crisis in rural Ohio
May 10th
May 10th
Saved this grove snail from Faith's murderous self
May 9th
Ash Cave!
May 9th
The view from Ash Tower
May 9th
Ash Tower!
May 9th
Cedar Falls!
May 9th
Rose Lake!
May 9th
The woman who let me microwave my can of corn in her RV had this lovely lil cactus from her travels to Arizona on the picnic table where we shared lunch
May 8th
May 8th
Upper Falls!
May 8th
Old Man's Cave!
May 8th
May 8th
May 8th
May 8th
Another sign of spring
May 8th
May 8th
Raccoon vandalizing Faith 😛 under a bridge in Logan, OH
May 7th
A blue streak denoting the Buckeye Trail
May 7th
Almost halfway across Ohio!
May 7th
May 6th
A blue flower lined Buckeye Trail in Wayne National Forest
May 6th
I guess I have a new hiking companion!
May 6th
She's got a mischievous glint in her eye
May 6th
My new (temporary) hiking buddy!
May 6th
Boop
May 6th
Where trails diverge
May 6th
The dog I pepper sprayed, and her friend
May 6th
May 5th
A drug front-I mean church!
May 5th
Finder's keepers
May 5th
The ghost town of Glouster
May 5th
Beautiful blue-eyed bird. The spring season has many meeting their end along the side of the road.
May 5th
Alpaca farm!
May 5th
May 4th
A perfectly sized slab for my tent
May 4th
A welcome break in the "NO TRESPASSING," "PRIVATE PROPERTY" signage
May 4th
One long, winding road onward
May 4th
Saw this on my way out of Chesterfield, OH
May 3rd
Goodbye, Penny
May 2nd
My humble abode for the night-the Hills' RV
May 2nd
Free water 😛 Found in the nick of time, I had just run out
May 1st
May 2nd
Shinn Bridge
May 2nd
Penny snuggled up in my blue winter hat
April 30th
Amish country! Never knew they were in Ohio
April 30th
Penny & her brother!
April 30th
Dead possum babies
April 29th
Veto Lake (I made sure it wasn't going to rain before pitching my tent here 😛 )
April 28th
Veto Lake
April 28th
Belpre, Ohio!
April 28th
The welcome to Ohio sign, on the Parkersburg-Belpre bridge! 🙂 Accompanied by my mom