by Katie Wright | Oct 30, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
I can’t believe this is Ohio. Having never been to Marblehead or the dozens of ports and harbors that dot the Lake Erie shore, I felt sometimes like I was in a coastal state as I drove past seafood restaurants, boat docks and outdoor bars. But when I pulled into East...
by Katie Wright | Oct 30, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
“I think your animals might be coming down with a little cold.” I had run into an employee cleaning out a stall at the sprawling African Safari in Port Clinton, Ohio. He turned to me and laughed. “Well, the alpaca sneezed on me during the drive-through,” I smiled. It...
by Katie Wright | Oct 30, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
“There she is! I have to say, you took today like a champ.” Eric, the captain of the Pirate Clipper, and his first mate Jon, were sitting at the wide square bar at the Crow’s Nest when I walked in. Situated on a dock in Lakeside Marblehead directly on the water, the...
by Katie Wright | Oct 29, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
If you would have told me in the last few years that I would reconnect with my love of American Sign Language on a fishing boat in the middle of Lake Erie, I wouldn’t have believed you. It’s funny how we all have old skills that lie dormant, sometimes for years. But...
by Katie Wright | Oct 29, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
I’d been sitting on my couch when the idea of a road trip to the Great Lakes came to mind. In the last few days of October, with several adventures left to go and not a lot of money to spend on them, I decided I needed to find a place with a lot of bang for my buck....
by Katie Wright | Oct 26, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
“OK get that elbow up. Pull back!” I was standing at the ODNR public crossbow range in Xenia, aiming an arrow at the center of a target. I closed my left eye, pulled the string across the lower part of my face and then let it fly. To my utter shock, it was a bull’s...
by Katie Wright | Oct 25, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
Oh Heavens. No. I had neared the landing of a seemingly endless zipline across the treetops of the Little Miami River Gorge. The trees were glowing brilliantly against a deep blue sky, but I was having a hard time enjoying the view. My heart was pounding and all I...
by Katie Wright | Oct 24, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
So often, the things that lie just outside our comfort zones are the things that bring us the most joy and fulfillment. I am not a shy person, but that doesn’t mean it necessarily feels comfortable to knock on the door at a soup kitchen and ask, “Do you guys need any...
by Katie Wright | Oct 22, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
“Are we allowed to climb that?” My sister Megan and I looked at each other. We were standing in the middle of a cornfield (something Megan and I have done together since we were 9 and 10 years old), looking up at a towering metal overlook. It was a beautiful fall day,...
by Katie Wright | Oct 21, 2018 | 31 Adventures, Adventurous Life
I love boats. And as I explained to Chris, looking down from the top of Mount Adams to the BB Riverboat below, if I see a boat, I always have the urge to get on it. So I bought us tickets online, and we hiked down Mount Adams and made our way to the BB Riverboat dock...
