Nikki and Brendan Hike

 After changing our plans SEVERAL times, we decided to go to Zaleski in southeastern Ohio for the weekend.  Leaving Friday mid day and coming back Sunday.  Originally we'd planned to leave early Friday morning and go to Shawnee state park for some good hill climbing to wake up our winter legs.  But Brendan was stuck at work until 3:30AM and I didn't sleep either.  Sleep felt more urgent so we slept in a bit and reevaluated our options.   The routes at Shawnee did not lend themselves well to a half day hike so we shifted for Zaleski.  Parking at the main lot by the schoolhouse we filled out the registry form and took off! Day 1: 2.7 miles Day 1 was SUPER short, just 2.7 miles to camp 1.  We go there plenty early and camp 2 was only another 4.3 miles but neither of us were feeling well from the night prior so we set up a nice little spot and just chilled.  I swear my favorite part of this is turning off my phone and just sitting.  Or in this case, laying in a hammock! We were als