http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA Travels and Journeys... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:57:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2010 heather@heatherdugan.com (Heather Dugan) heather@heatherdugan.com (Heather Dugan) 1440 http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogNEW/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA 144 144 http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogNEW/?feed=podcast Footsteps Travels and Journeys... Travel, outdoors, adventure, Heather, Dugan, stories Heather Dugan Heather Dugan heather@heatherdugan.com no no http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA/2011/04/29/detour-to-dawes-arboretum/ http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA/2011/04/29/detour-to-dawes-arboretum/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:03:06 +0000 Heather Dugan http://heatherdugan.com/blog/photo/detour-to-dawes-arboretum/ http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA/2011/04/29/detour-to-dawes-arboretum/feed/ 13 0:02:31 If not for photography I might run too much. Sadly, when friends refer to rehab projects, I think of ankles and knees... If not for photography I might run too much. Sadly, when friends refer to rehab projects, I think of ankles and knees... Hiking Heather Dugan no no http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA/2009/06/01/in-town-tourist-hello-summer/ http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA/2009/06/01/in-town-tourist-hello-summer/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:43:05 +0000 Heather Dugan http://www.heatherdugan.com/blog/taking-the-kids/in-town-tourist-hello-summer/ http://www.heatherdugan.com/blogBETA/2009/06/01/in-town-tourist-hello-summer/feed/ 4 0:01:32 Don’t let the temporarily (I hope!) damp cold weather fool you.  Summer has arrived here in Ohio.  My oldest son started a full-time job in downtown Columbus this morning.  My younger two are undoubtedly wriggling in their seats at school to[...] Don’t let the temporarily (I hope!) damp cold weather fool you.  Summer has arrived here in Ohio.  My oldest son started a full-time job in downtown Columbus this morning.  My younger two are undoubtedly wriggling in their seats at school today, minds wandering ahead to Wednesday morning, when their own summer vacation will finally begin. Like many, I’ve been planning how best to accommodate the summertime shift to our schedule.  In years past we kept a basket of our written activity goals for summer.  These goals ranged from kayaking and biking to picnics and “ice cream walks”.  From going to the fair to cleaning the garage (one of mine)…  We all wrote down three or four choices and emptied the basket over the summer months.  I kept the slips of paper as “evidence”, however, for the inevitable “we haven’t done anything!” moment of boredom that typically ocurs in mid-July. My aim is to designate an afternoon each week for an “In-Town Tourist” type activity.  Dawes Arboretum, Blackhand Gorge, The Kokosing Trail, The National Airforce Museum, The Columbus Zoo…  we have a lot of choices around here.   A weekly afternoon devoted to exploring won’t begin to uncover all that Ohio offers us, but it will hopefully buy me some uninterrupted work time during the rest of the week.  ~And kids are the best excuse to enjoy the activities you never quite outgrow…  like racing at the local go-cart track and skipping rocks across a quiet river.  Hello Summer. More “In-Town Tourist” Wildlife Heather Dugan no no