Meetup.com Hike in Ludlow, Kentucky

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Travel Spirit

Yesterday, I led 11 hikers on a wooded 3.6 mile loop trail at Devou Park in Ludlow, Kentucky. The trails are seven minutes from my home. I’ve been a member of Meetup.com for 15 years and am an Assistant Organizer for the Tri-State Hiking Group, one of the meetups. Recently, I’ve been making more of an effort to get out to meet people and do more activities. In the past three years since the death of my husband and son, I’ve tended to isolate and lost my passion for most things in life, except travel, which I’ve used as a form of therapy. It was a great 1 ½ hr. hike with wonderful weather.

The leaves are finally beginning to change color.

Afterwards, a couple of the hikers and I went to The Standard Covington Restaurant in Covington, Kentucky for dinner/drinks. This morning I scheduled the same hike for an upcoming Saturday.

My Life Lately

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Travel Spirit

I thought I’d give you a more personal look at my life lately! I joined a new Meetup.com group a few weeks ago that focuses on cooking. Seeing that I’ve made over 160 new recipes from Pinterest this past year, it’s quite appropriate. I volunteered to host the first gathering, which was held at our house Saturday evening. The theme was Mexican and there were 12 of us. Because I was the hostess…I didn’t need to cook. Everyone else brought the food. It was still quite a bit of work to make sure the house was clean, to assist the night of, and to clean again afterwards; but I enjoyed the company and the food was delish!

I joined another Meetup group for creative people and attended the first meetup the other night. There were about 9 of us…so we went around the room and shared a little about ourselves and I’m signed up for the next event, an art exhibit for one of the members!

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Meetup.com…Wine in Mt. Adams

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Travel Spirit

Meetup.com is a great way to meet people. I was divorced about five years ago and wanted to meet more single people my age, so I joined a hiking meetup and enjoyed that so much, began to join a number of the meetups. No matter what your interest, there is almost assuredly a meetup for that!

Last night I attended a wine meetup in Mt. Adams, Ohio. The venue, “Mount Adams Pavilion” overlooks Downtown Cincinnati and has a really cool interior. I took quite a few photographs and really enjoyed seeing friends! Over 100 people had signed up…but usually about 60% show up.

This fountain is located around the corner from the bar and seemed to have a lot of life radiating from it…

The walls inside the bar were painted by artists and as you can see…there were a lot of sexy women portraits…

I really loved the vibe and creative energy in the rooms…

The lighting was perfect…a variety of colors and more subdued!

The deck in the back has a wonderful view of the Ohio River and a portion of downtown. You’ll notice that most people have a name tag on. It may seem silly, but it definitely helps you remember names!