Adventure After Diagnosis Blog Posts
Hiking Hocking Hills with Kids: 4 Fun and Suitable Trails
With the fall colors and cooler temperatures, it’s been the perfect weather for hiking Hocking Hills with kids. Trying to entertain a toddler with a super short attention span is difficult, hiking is a good way to keep her entertained! Hocking Hills in...
Slate Run Historical Farm
Not gonna lie, y’all, finding activities for toddlers amidst all this COVID stuff can be hard! Sure, we have plenty of toys, books, and the like at home. But out and about?? AND with an almost-three-year-old who has the shortest attention span ever?? ...
Benefits of Solo Female Travel
When I first ventured into solo female travel, I was met with all sorts of concern. Family, friends, and even strangers meant well, but several of them immediately translated “solo female travel” to some equivalent of me becoming prey to assault, kidnapping, or worse....
The Sherman House Museum & The Georgian
I’ve driven hither and thither across Ohio for my social distancing day trips. But this week I felt it was time to revisit a couple historical locations in my hometown of Lancaster. I had visited the Sherman House museum and the Georgian for field trips in elementary...
Mansfield Reformatory & Phoenix Brewery
One place I’ve really been looking forward to visiting was the Mansfield Reformatory and Phoenix Brewery! I had only visited the Reformatory once, and that was when it was done up for their haunted house tour near Halloween. And let me just say a haunted house in an...
Loveland Castle & Narrow Path Brewing
What sorts of attractions come to mind when you think of Ohio? Cedar Point and Kings Island? Football games with die-hard fans? Maybe you think we only have corn fields and there is literally nothing attractive about the state. Whatever your answer, I’m...
Ohio Caverns and Brewfontaine
Let’s be real, summers in Ohio are humid and you never know what sort of weather you’re actually going to get. Especially in August. Usually we have temperatures in the 90s with humidity, maybe a pop-up thunderstorm; somehow this year we started off with temps in the...
Why You Should Do A Cancer Walk
One of the most iconic scenes regarding cancer is people in outrageous outfits and tutus at a cancer walk fundraiser. Even if you’ve never had a family member diagnosed, you’ve likely seen or participated in one of the events. Somewhere along the way, I think...
3 Ohio Wineries Tour with FunBus
I enjoy a good glass of wine. It’s even better when there’s a designated driver and you’re hitting up three different wineries. And better still when you're supporting local with three different eastern Ohio wineries! Thankfully, Fun Bus had the same idea and...
Fairfield County Infirmary
I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get pretty fidgety with this whole COVID and social distance thing. Like, a lot. So allow me to introduce you to the Social Distancing Series! I’m getting back to travel the best way I’m able to right now -- day trips...
The Necessity of Disconnecting
Every once in a while it’s nice to disconnect from it all. Actually, more than nice, it’s crucial! The beauty of the internet and all this connectivity is that it’s easy to stay in touch with others. We can video call our friends, catch up on current events,...
What EVERYONE Should Know About Vitamin D and Sunscreen
Many people have heard about how Vitamin D can help reduce one’s risk of cancer. But we’ve also heard about how sun exposure can increase our risk of skin cancer. So where's the balance between Vitamin D and sunscreen? I don’t know about you, but I definitely...