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  • West Branch SP, OH to Findley SP, OH

    Findley State Park, OH, June 2026 The total drive is about 293 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Lake Fairfax Park, VA to West Branch State Park, OH

    West Branch State Park, OH, June 2026 The total drive is about 342 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Best Rest Stop in the USA?

    Well, aside from Buc-ees… At 133 miles into our latest move, we stopped at a rest stop in Ohio for the bathrooms and to feed the cats. Kate spoke to one of the maintenance staff that said that it is only about a year old. It is also manned 24/7. It is one of the…

  • It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Flying Lobster?

    Findley State Park, OH, July 2026 Findley State Park has as active Naturalist that runs various weekly programs. These include kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, and Gyotaku. What is Gyotaku? It is Japanese fish printing. John saw this last year, but we did not have time to do it. Having not looked it up, we thought…

  • Stonelick State Park, OH to Findley State Park, OH

    Findley State Park, OH, July 2025 The total drive is about 229 miles. When leaving Stonelick State Park, the challenge is finding a path to I-71 that is acceptable. We drove multiple routes and decided the best option was going the same way we came in. The way we came in had no room to…

  • Findley State Park, OH to Summit Lake State Park, IN

    Summit Lake State Park, IN, July 2024 The total drive is about 253 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Findley State Park Kayaking

    Wellington, OH, July 2026 Ohio State Parks have naturalist assigned to each park. The naturalist comes up with a list of activities that visitors can participate in for free throughout the summer months. This weeks was kayaking excursions, nature by kayaking, introduction to archery, reel fishing fun, meet the naturalist, gyotaku, and Saturday night at…

  • One of These is Not Like The Others

    Findley State Park, OH, July 2026 The three required stars finally aligned, and John went down the the archery range; it is about a quarter mile walk from the campsite. The range was moved to make room for the Pickle ball court. For some reason, they wanted the Pickle Ball court behind the archers and…

  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park

    Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH, July 2026 We planned to go to Cuyahoga Valley National Park to bike on the canal trail. (It is not pronounced the way it looks; the proper pronunciation is Kai-uh-how-guh.) The name is Native American for “Crooked River”. (John wonders if they call the leaders of our country Cuyopoliticans?) The…

  • Findley State Park Blue, Blue and Blue Trails

    Wellington, OH, July 2026 I gave a “blue trail” (look for Y on the map) another try. This light blue trail started by the pickle-ball court, which was put in last year. We walked the entire trail and did not see any blue markers. We did see blue drainage pipes with dark blue caps instead…