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A few weeks back my friend Kelly and I opted to take a winter guided hike at Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve, located southwest of Wooster in Wayne County, Ohio. And while we were there we made a day of it, exploring all the different things that the Wooster area has to offer. Wooster, Ohio, …
In the summer of 2024 a couple of friends and I headed to Romania. There, we were met by my dear friend Dan, who currently lives in Vienna but grew up in Romania- making him an excellent tour guide. We began our trip flying into Bucharest, and we spent several days exploring the capital city, …
In the summer of 2024 I traveled to Romania and Bulgaria with a couple of my friend. Both are countries that we’ve never been to, so there was a fair amount of mystery and intrigue involved. Perhaps the main reason we had for visiting Romania is that my friend Dan, who I met through traveling …
During the summer of 2024 my friends Erin, Tricia and I made our annual US National Park trip to Isle Royale in Lake Superior. This was no easy feat, involving a 12 hour drive to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. One of the best parts of this road trip, besides the amazing company of my …
My friends Erin, Tricia and I have been going to US National Parks together for the past four years. It started with Hawaii Volcanos, and then expanded to Indiana Dunes, Rocky Mountain, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. So when we were planning our summer 2024 National Park trip to Isle Royale NP in …
If you follow my blog, you may know that I have an ongoing New Years life resolution to have a new adventure every month. Only requirement- see or experience something I never have before, could be far or near. The result is that sometimes I take just a quick jaunt in Ohio. A few weeks …
I’ve been fascinated by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright for quite some time. So much so that I have taken several trips to visit his creations, including a trip to the Laurel Highlands in PA to see Fallingwater and Polymath Park and another to Bloomfield, Michigan to visit the Frank Lloyd Wright Smith house. …
In the summer of 2023 my boyfriend David and I traveled to Paris, Belgium and Morocco. It was our first overseas trip together, and his first trip across an ocean. Being a French teacher, I have learned and taught about Morocco, so it was thrilling for me to finally make it there. For David, he …
For my September 2023 trip, my friend Sheri and I took a trip to the Laurel Highlands area of Pennsylvania. {If you’re new to Catching Katie- I try to take a road trip or explore a new place to me once a month}. Our true goal of the trip was to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s …
Earlier this year, my beau and I took a trip to New Mexico to travel around the state and visit as many of its sites as possible. We visited two national parks: White Sands, and Carlsbad Caverns, and also Bandelier National Monument. After spending half a day in Bandolier, we decided to visit the nearby …