Hiking Germantown

So the backpacking trip for this weekend fell through but instead we hiked the orange loop in Germantown MetroPark. (http://metroparks.org/Parks/Germantown/Maps.aspx). Myself and two others started around 10am and finished about 1:30pm with 20min break right after the dam. It was a good hike. Exhausting, but good. Sadly I didn't take any pictures... maybe next time.
But, now I can check off 1 more metropark from the list for my goal to visit all of them before I leave Dayton in the fall.

"Industrial meat comes with antibiotics and endocrine disruptors"

Check out this really interesting study on meat, diet, vegetarianism and toxic chemicals found in food.
Here are two articles covering the same study:
http://www.grist.org/article/Industrial-meat-comes-with-antibiotics-and-endocrine-disruptors

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/phthalates-antibiotics-reduced-after-vegetarian-diet/

# Days Biking to Work: 2

Travel Time: ~15min to campus and ~20min to home
Sweaty-ness: not too bad
Traffic: Ok, some idiot yelled at me to "Get off the road", well guess what Mr. Angry Man, I will NOT get off the road, learn to SHARE!!!

A Dayton Kind of Summer

So my goal this summer before I leave Dayton:
To visit all of the MetroParks, buy local food at the market, bicycle all over, find a place to make pottery, keep a happiness journal, and kayak/canoe at least once a week.

I'll be sure to take pictures and update about all of those.
Yay for summer!