Monthly Archive: May 2024

“It never ends like you think it will,” as my friend MtnGoat always reminds me. And she’s right. What I had envisioned as the final day of my hike did not include an Uber,...

4.5 miles- It was late yesterday, Sunday afternoon, and the campground was empty except for me. Or was it? There were no campers, but there were still a few Amish families around. Not far...

15 miles- The year was 1910 and typhoid deaths were on the rise in Akron. A $10,000 study commissioned by the city suggested that a new reservoir and water treatment plant be built to...

10 miles- Today was a very short day and I didn’t really see much that struck my fancy, so I thought I would fill in a bit why I am in Ohio in the...

23 miles- In 1825 Master builder and architect Jonathan Goldsmith from Connecticut commenced work on a lighthouse and keeper’s house for the town of Grandon, later renamed Fairport Harbor, located at the mouth of...

17 miles- About 1890 Feargus Squire, the vice-president and general manager of Standard Oil, purchased 525 acres of forested land in the Willoughby Hills along the Chigrin River to build an estate. To start,...