Hocking Hills Logan, Ohio

No joke this is how it happened-

I was heading to the next biggest town to tackle list of .b.o.r.i.n.g. errands

-all-by-myself-

Stubborn and grumpy

>Definitely<

Not what I wanted to do with my Saturday afternoon.

As the interstate came into view-

An idea popped up-

+WHAT IF+

I FLIP A COIN!

Heads: I turn left

Continue on and do the responsible adult thing

Or Tails:  I turn right on Interstate 70 and drive until I run out of gas

+then+figure+it+out+

Best out of 3

And hours later on the east side of Columbus, Ohio

There I sat at the gas station

Flipping through my book-

1000 Places to See Before You Die

America/Canada edition

The well worn, dog eared book that lives in my car.

Seeing if by chance-

There was something nearby

And that folks is how I found Hocking Hills!

.

I hiked Old Man’s Cave,

Rolled up my jeans and flipped off my shoes

Played in the waterfall pools

At Cedar Falls

Found Cantwell Cliffs and Rockbridge

Before heading to town and proudly eating over half of a much deserved pizza and a beer

Turning my car into a makeshift camper for the night

I fell asleep listening to the woods

And thought-

“Damn, how lucky am I to have a coin to flip and a tank of gas to drive”

In the morning, I ate the last few slices of cold pizza behind a waterfall at Ash Cave before slowly heading home.

I ~live~for this kind of stuff-

Last minute: turn right instead of left

See where the car takes you

*adapt*readjust*make it work*

With nothing checked off my To Do list

But FEELING SO ALIVE

Ready to tackle the next big thing.

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Hocking Hills State Park

Logan, Ohio