Yo Dayton, Let's Hike! (20s 30s 40s)

As we head into the dark days let’s try out some new evening options. This will be about a 3ish mph walk with intermittent pauses for some HIIT excercises. We will start at the Vererans Memorial. Hoping to enjoy some good company and much needed end of day movement. This is a paved path so I suggest running/walking shoes vs hiking shoes.

Hello everyone! Planning to do a hike at the Twin Creek Metropark. This is the other big park (in addition to Germantown) for the TVT Challenge (a 30 mile hike around/through both parks, held in June). This hike is part of preparing for the TVT, but this hike is open for all!

Plan is to do the Orange and Purple trail for 8.1 miles. Around 3 mph. Feel free to do an out and back if you are interested in a shorter hike. Bring some water! There is some elevation, so be warned (but you should come out anyways, because you enjoy challenges).

We are meeting at 9688 Eby Road at the HighView lot.

NOTE: I've put the event to start at around 9:45 am (odds are it will start closer to 9:50/9:55), and I've made it end at about 12:30pm. Odds are we won't take that long, but we may take some short breaks and stops if needed.

Similar to the backpacking event I posted prior to the Red River Gorge posted trips. Feel free to direct message me if you prefer to push the date to the following Saturday. I can do either.

IMPORTANT:
***Required to provide vehicle make/model and license plate number if you are parking overnight at the Twin Valley Welcome Center lot. Five Rivers Metroparks rangers need to know what vehicles will be staying overnight in their lot. By the day before trip, provide vehicle info to me via Meetup.com direct message and I can call the Metroparks staff to update the permit. Of course, feel free to work out carpooling arrangements via comments as needed, and I can pick up three people if need.

Less important:
* Distance: about 1.5 miles one way to campsite, 3miles round trip
* The capacity is 6 for the permit. Another site is available currently to maybe add another 6 if that is desired (of course, that site could be reserved already by that point, direct message trip leader Ryan Otte if want to get in on this fun with two sites).
* Permit cost is $21.00 if want to consume alcohol at campsite. If you want to chip in a few dollars cash to share in the permit cost, not required on my part, though appreciated.
* Feel free to strike up a conversation in the comments below to make sure you have all the gear or knowledge for a superbly fun and relaxing time. I (Ryan Otte) will keep tabs on the comments or feel free to direct message if desired for preparation questions.

The backpacking sites are awesome at Germantown Metropark. Great day hikes around the park and a superb little stretches of natural prairie for wildlife watching and relaxation (birds of prey and deer). Cheers!

****This event is starting a little bit earlier than I normally do for Sundays****

Hey all, been wanting to do a hike ending at a brewery for awhile now. Entropy Brewing Co is pretty close to the Miamisburg mound so I thought it be fun to start at the brewery walk through Miamisburg and up to the mound and back. The walk up to the mound is a little strenuous but nothing crazy. We might walk up the mound a couple times (if you'd like). We will then walk back and end back at the brewery to enjoy some beer and food. We'll meet at the brewery at noon (I don't know the parking situation but street parking isn't too bad around there). The hike will be around 3 miles and we'll do around a 3 mph pace. I would normally say i will cancel for rain but if it rains we can just hang out at the brewery instead, lol. Hope to see you all soon!

This event is cross posted