I don’t have a hike this week, but I’m planning one for this weekend involving the annual Loveland Frogman Festival, in Loveland Ohio. So I will report back next week on that one.

However, I do have is an interesting experiment. I went on ChatGPT and asked it to give me fitness plan, including exercise and nutrition, to get a bikini body. And it did! It gave me five days of exercises plans and two days rest; and seven days of meal plans.

So I’m going to give it a try. The exercise seems doable, but the nutrition plan is a lot. It seems like a ton of food and when I added up the ingredients for my first week of food, it was over $200! But to be fair, some of the ingredients they provided would be staples and last for several weeks.

While I love exercise, I have never liked to cook. So I’m going to commit to the exercise for sure, but I’m going to ease into the nutrition.

I am a 58 year old mother of an adult son. Honestly I am not expecting to achieve a bikini body. But I would like to be more fit. So why not try it? If anyone is interested, I’ll report my status here each week. ChatGPT said it would take about 8 weeks to see solid results and real definition by 12 weeks. So I’ll commit to the 8 weeks and see what happens!

Wish me luck!

Charleston Falls Preserve is another great day trip from Columbus, Ohio. It is a little more than an hour away, almost a straight shot down I70W; 2535 Ross Rd, Tipp City, OH 45371. In Maimi county, the preserve covers over 216 acres of both fields and forest.

From a hiking perspective there is a nice 2.4-mile loop; but you can cobble together some other trail offshoots to increase the distance if that is your goal. I got up to 4 miles from hitting all the side trails.

From a spooky perspective, make sure you check out the limestone cave.  Follow the lower level side trail to the left of the falls to find it.  I have not found any creepy lore on it yet, but from the looks of it, it is definitely a portal to somewhere!

Let me know if you take this trip for yourself!