Category: Sporty Mike
lighter beef chili – everyday food challenge
When I started my Everyday Food Challenge back in June of last year, my intention was to cook one recipe, in order, from issue #1 through the entire collection. Several problems arose. One, the crafty and smart editors create each issue to seasonally match what foods are available and at their peak. This can sometimes…
five senses friday (the one about the canoe trip)
It’s a very special Five Senses Friday today. It all revolves around just one day, instead of the usual week. Today I was able to mark off another item on my 37 Things List, #33 canoe. I confessed to Greg this morning that the whole reason the list existed was to get to canoe. I…
five senses friday #11
Here’s my little week in just five senses. I hope you’ll share some of your five senses in the comment section. Enjoy your weekend. seeing: the tops of lots of buildings in downtown akron. tasting: smoked goat cheese from the Ornery Goat that we picked up at the farmer’s market in kent. hearing: for the…
fun on the ledges
Greg and I headed to Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park in Garrettsville today for a hike. It was a neat park with lots of great rock structures. Oh, and Greg calls that my Spider-Man pose. So watch your back Tobey Maguire. Tomorrow we dust off the bikes for a short ride.
foggy morning hikes
On Sunday Greg and I ventured out into the foggy morning to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to hike a couple trails and take some pictures. Have I mentioned how lucky we are in Akron to have a National Park right at our front door step? It’s a great thing. The photo above is from…
tiny flower thursday
A little jem of a flower from our Sunday afternoon hike along the Towpath Trail. Enjoy your day, the week’s almost over. What do you do or think about to get you through the end of a long work week?
end of a long weekend
Enjoyed a very restful four-day weekend filled with family, friends and fun. This morning, Greg and I hiked our now weekly Sunday trail. We headed back to the Nature Realm. I wanted to take a couple of photos of the flowering trees in bloom. I’m thinking that there might be some baking this afternoon.
blimp over the u
Greg and I did a little exploring around Akron this afternoon. First, we headed to The University of Akron campus to check out the new football stadium. All the while we were tailed by the Goodyear blimp, constantly monitoring our movements. Later we hiked one of the new portions of the Towpath Trail at Summit…
a walk in the national park
This morning, a beautiful for November kind of morning, Greg and I ventured out to the nearby Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Our goal was to get to the Ira Road Trailhead and hike the towpath from there for a bit. Now here’s an interesting fact. The Ira Road Trailhead is not actually on Ira Road….
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