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War Retreat Photos

Andrew — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:14:35 +0000

This past weekend men from Vineyard Westside went to Red River Gorge for a war retreat. What is a war retreat, you ask? It’s a retreat where men get together and do manly stuff. For example, there probably will be drinking of beer, the smoking of cigars, chopping wood with an ax (every man should at least do this once in his lifetime), fire building challenges, physical labor, camaraderie and figuring out what it means to be a “real man” for God and those around you.

The object in this challenge was to lower the tent pole to the ground and your two fingers must stay in contact with the pole.

Tug O War… War Retreat style on logs.

The riddle we could not figure out… and as a result we had to roll the dice to see what we had to eat…. octopus, seaweed or a Habanero pepper.

We rolled and we had to eat the Habanero… it was so hot my eyeballs were sweating!!

Resorting to chugging a beer to cool off your mouth was apparently the right choice!

For our work project we built a balance beam team building challenge.

“Big Bad” Bob Turner aka my Irish brother.

“Big Bad” Bob Turner on the balance beam.

The Treehouse

Adventure Journal: Red River Gorge Round Two

Andrew — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:40:23 +0000

On top of the Indian Staircase… The story goes that the Adena Indians lived on top of this rock and they used the footholds to make it easier to get to their home.

Another pic on top of the staircase.

The cool thing about the Indian Staircase is that there is no trail leading to it. You have to know where to make the turn off into the woods to get to it.

Had to throw in some more climbing pics… these pics are from the 2nd time we climbed.

Jeremy is a great teacher and he knows his stuff about rock climbing. If you are ever at Natural Bridge in Kentucky look him up @ Cabins of Quiet Waters.

Adventure Journal: Red River Gorge Trip

Andrew — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:05:15 +0000

Welcome to my Adventure Journal. My Adventure Journal is a new series of blog posts that will chronicle my adventures.

This past weekend some friends and I headed to Red River Gorge to stay at Cabins of Quiet Waters, which is a resort that my friend Jeremy owns and operates along with his family.

Here are some pics I snapped over the weekend.

Eric is the first one to head up the rock face.

My first time climbing and I loved every minute of it.

There was a difficult part in the middle of this climb. I was able to push past it after resting a bit.

Krista makes her first climb!

Krista thinks she can catch up to me and pass me…

And she does… and I think she is laughing at me… but what she does not know is that I let her pass me…

The rating of our first climb.

That is all for now… stay tuned for round two tomorrow!

100 Mile Bike Trip Round 2

Andrew — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:55:35 +0000

Here is the story of part 2 of our journey:

Our original plan was to stay at a hotel in Xenia, Ohio. When we arrived at the hotel it was already booked up. I would have never thought a hotel in Xenia would have booked up. Oh well, it turned out for the better. I turned to my iphone for some guidance and it pointed us into the direction of a bed and breakfast. So we saddled up again and headed out to Yellow Springs.

The quaint bed and breakfast we found. I am glad we did, it felt like we are at home and the breakfast was amazing. If you are ever out this way and need a place to stay I highly recommend this place. There is some history behind this house too. To read more about it head on over to their website–>Yellow Springs Country Bed and Breakfast.

A double dutch door. I think they said it was the oldest double dutch door in Ohio.

Josh reading the local paper. Another cool tidbit to mention is that Dave Chappelle has a farm not far from where we were at. He also frequents a coffee shop about 5 minutes from the bed and breakfast. The lady that works there said that she is friends with Dave and she used to torment him when they were young.

The outhouse that they used back in the day.

After we got cleaned up we headed up to Young’s Dairy Farm to eat.

Hey goat.

There at not many places where you can see a goat giving birth while you wait to be seated for dinner. We just missed the actual birth but this baby goat is freshly born.

The group. I am glad I have friends that I can experience life with. Life is about adventure and I hope to be doing more adventures with this great group of friends.

The final mileage for the trip…109.2. The whole trip took about 8 hours of ride time to complete. So with the end of this trip I can cross off #55 from my bucket list: Bike 100 miles in one weekend!

100 Mile Bike Trip

Andrew — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:09:25 +0000

This past weekend some friends and I headed out to ride 100 miles in one weekend. Our starting point was the Loveland Bike Trail and are destination was Yellow Springs, Ohio, which is near Springfield, Ohio. It was a great trip and aside from some sore muscles and a minor flat tire on the way back there was no serious complications.

Getting ready to depart from Loveland, Ohio.

J to the Bizzle cracking a smile before the trip.

This is early on in the bike trip… we stopped here for about 5 minutes and I decided it would be a good time to grab some pics.

I had the privilege of going to Honduras with Krista.

I think Josh realized how long we were riding and decided to thumb for a ride…

Eric, Josh and Krista resting a bit before we continue on.

I love bridges. I lost my camera battery and I had to order a new one. I got it the Friday before we left. I missed taking pictures and was glad to be able to get back into it.

Another shot of the bridge.

Another rest point under a really tall bridge.

There was a cool section along the trail with these flowers and butterfly’s were all over the place. I was able to snap some good pics.

We finally reached our destination. But you will have to wait to hear the rest of the story for tomorrows post. Nothing like a cliff hanger to keep you coming back. Have a great day!