A very big thank you to Grandma Jo for staying with the kids Thursday - Saturday so that Seth and I could stay at the Deer Ridge Bed and Breakfast in Athens. After picking up new hiking shoes at Dunham's, we hiked the lakeview trail at Strouds Run, stopping to cook lunch. Other highlights included nearly stepping on a large snake, chatting with hosts Linda and Peter and enjoying their vegan breakfasts and dessert for us, eating good local food, hiking in the rain at the Ridges at OU on Friday, seeing deer, listening to birdsong, reading, and watching comedians.