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Burton Section: Exploring the Buckeye Trail Little Loop | Burton Section of the Buckeye Trail "Little Loop" included the following parks: Geauga Park District, Lake Metroparks, Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve, and more! I completed the Buckeye Trail "Little Loop" -- approximately 254.3 Miles -- at its Northern Terminus!!

Mogadore Section: Exploring the Buckeye Trail Little Loop | Mogadore Section of the Buckeye Trail "Little Loop" included the following parks: Stark Parks, Summit Metro Parks, Portage Park District, Mogadore Reservoir, West Branch State Park, Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve, and more!

Akron Section: Exploring the Buckeye Trail Little Loop | Akron Section of the Buckeye Trail "Little Loop" included the following parks: Cleveland Metroparks, Ohio & Erie Canalway, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Summit Metro Parks, and more!

Bedford Section: Exploring the Buckeye Trail Little Loop | Bedford Section of the Buckeye Trail "Little Loop" included the following parks: Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve, Headlands Beach State Park, Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Mentor Marsh, Lake Metroparks, Cleveland Metroparks, and more!

Buckeye Trail Little Loop - Exploring 250 Miles of NEO | My plan was to slowly complete all the sections of the Buckeye Trail "Little Loop" over several years. With the onset of the March 2020 COVID-19 crisis, my plans radically changed. I completed the loop on November 10, 2020, at the northern terminus of the Buckeye Trail at Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve.

Trail Challenge 2020: Part Two (Second Ten) | When we wrote about completing the first level of the Cleveland Metroparks 2020 Trail Challenge, we were already working on the next ten trails for the final challenge. We are happy to share with you our experiences on the second level of the Trail Challenge as we earned our 2020 Trail Challenge mugs.

Migrating sosAssociates.com From Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 | At the same time Julie and I have been writing blog posts this summer, I have been working behind the scenes on a new sosAssociates.com website. The new website is built on the new Drupal 9. I am publishing and promoting this blog post on October 1, 2020, since this is a special date: my eleventh Twitter anniversary.

Social Distancing at Lake Metroparks Farmpark | We had been seeing tweets by @LakeMetroparks mentioning how they had made a special corn maze for 2020. "Double-wide paths" for their "three-acre corn maze at Lake Metroparks Farmpark" would allow for social distancing while in the maze. We decided to visit on Sunday, September 20, 2020, with our son, Mike.

#CMAChalkFestival Social Distancing Style | I saw the announcement "Chalk Festival goes virtual," stating that the event would take place only on social media. It is now with mixed feelings that I gather the #CMAChalkFestival drawings. While it is very sad that everyone could not get together this year, I am very pleased that the museum encouraged people to share their drawings on social media.

Trail Challenge 2020: Part One (First Ten) | When we saw the Cleveland Metroparks tweet to "Take the challenge!" in 2020, with 25 trails to choose from, we decided to accept. We want to thank the Cleveland Metroparks for planning this annual Trail Challenge, and Cigna for sponsoring it again this year!

Little Loop Challenge - Penitentiary Glen | July 18th was a special day: The 4th Annual Buckeye Trail Little Loop Challenge! At the end of my bike ride, I explored Lake Metroparks' Penitentiary Glen Reservation -- a wonderful place to visit!

#Masks4Community Volunteering | We want to share the story of the great work done by #Masks4Community in giving away FREE life-saving masks. #Masks4Community also distributes information about voting and the census in their mask kits. The #Masks4Community program supports our belief in the importance of people fulfilling their civic duty!