Keepin' it Real with the GLORIOUS OUTDOORS - Blake

I LOVE THE OUTDOORS - Boy oh Boy! I think I can live in place where it snows as long as I can get out and enjoy it and not just stay indoors and wish it were warm outside. Jenny and I have had a great time finding things to do this winter! We went cross country skiiing while we were in Idaho and loved it, so when we got back to Ohio, we searched like crazy to find a place to rent skies and go on a groomed trail. IT was tough but we finally found a cheep rental shop at a county metro park in the middle of the woods of Kirtland, OH. Instead of cross country skiing we decided to rent snow shoes and pull the kids in sleds. We left home in the middle of a blizzard, packed up our kids, loaded the sleds and warm clothes and ventured into the outdoors. Unlike Idaho - we didn't see any wildlife, but we did get out of town and into the sweet outdoors! Then we had a three day weekend so we took off again into the outdoors but this time an overnighter! We stayed in a cabin in the middle of the woods (Hocking Hills - OHIO). We got a sweet deal on a cabin rental and took off. We went sledding, sat in a hot tub, watched some NFL playoffs, ate good food, and RELAXED IN THE WOODS!- all the while the snow fell on our cabin and neighboring woods.
I love having a wife that is so willing to drop everything for outings like this, and she loves every minute of it!

SLEDDING AT HOCKING HILLS

CABIN RELAXATION

SLEDDING

CABIN FROM THE OUTSIDE

SNOW SHOEING

CRUISING ALONG!

YUMMY HOT CHOCOLATE

PULLING THE KIDS ON SLEDS WORKS GREAT!

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING BEHIND KELLY'S

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL ISN'T SHE!