Category: What Have I Been Up To?

It’s great to have other people with you on adventures and trips, but you don’t have to! Sometimes the most peaceful and enjoyable times are spent alone.

But sometimes the challenge is deciding what to do. While it’s always a fun idea to plan a long weekend in another city/state to visit roadside attractions, museums, etc , that isn’t always an option. What do you do then?

Read on for some great ideas!

10 Things to do Alone

1. Find a local Restaurant you’ve never been to and visit for your next meal
2. Make a Time Capsule – all you need is a container and a handful of things that represent the current time and your current life. Photos, newspaper articles, or a letter written to yourself or your children.
3. Read a book or listen to an audio book in the Park.
4. Find a local nature trail that you haven’t visited and go for a hike
5. Visit a Local Museum
6. Go see a Movie
7. Create or Add to Your Bucket List
8. Take an Online Class
9. Write a letter to someone you love
10. Visit the 5 closest Roadside Attractions – find them with this App (take pics and share!)
11. Geocaching – this is fun alone and with friends!

The Newest Addition to My List – The Adventure Challenge Book

If you are looking for even more unique and engaging ideas, give The Adventure Challenge Book (Solo Edition) a try. I just recently purchased it and have so far only done one challenge but am so excited to do more.

The “no take backs, you have to do it no matter what” rules of the game provides a little pressure to the challenge, while the icons next to the scratch off secret challenges give you an idea of when to scratch off (or not to scratch off) each challenge. For example whether you need to be indoors due to weather, or whether to avoid water. Which I um…didn’t do my first challenge LOL.

But the best part of all, is the room for notes, and a photo, which turns the Adventure Challenge Book into a scrapbook of memories.

For a look at my first Solo Adventure Challenge, check out this reel I made.

They also have a Couples Edition and Family Edition, as well as bundles that include a camera.

Do you like to travel and explore solo? What are your favorite things to do alone?

As the days get shorter, and the cold starts setting in what better way to get ready for the start of fall than Halloweekends at Cedar Point?

From the pumpkin spice and everything nice, to jeepers creepers is that the grim reaper you will find it all. Along with a bunch of Haunted Houses and all of your normal Cedar Point fun.

I initially thought I would try to come up with the words to describe a visit on Halloweekends, but I figured my pictures and videos from past visits would do it better justice. So the below video is what I came up with instead!

If you are interested in visiting Halloweekends at Cedar Point this year you can find more info here.

Have you ever thought about what it might be like to get do what you love every day, and to share it with other people? I know I think about things like that a lot and am hugely inspired by people I meet who have managed to make dreams like that a reality. Jim at Sandusky Segwave is one of those people.

Backstory

After his first Segway tour with Capital Segway in Washington DC, Jim of Sandusky Segwave was hooked on Segways and began seeking out Segway tours as he traveled. Just a few tours later, he began dreaming of opening his own tour company.

Discovering that David Weller (Segaway Tours of Columbus) had opened and was already doing what Jim dreamed of, Jim called and asked if he needed help. With Segway experience and a flexible schedule, David happily welcomed Jim. Working with David in Columbus from 2010-2016 Jim learned the ropes and made strides toward his own dream.

In 2016 Jim found the perfect location – a section of the beautiful historic Sandusky State Theater. Sandusky Segwave opened March 1, 2017, with the Segways arriving in April. Sandusky Segwave is now in its third season of operation.

Sandusky Segwave

Riley and I arrived at Sandusky Segwave in September of 2019, excited to scratch off another bucket list item.

From the moment we showed up on the doorstep until the very end of the tour, Jim made us feel like family. We laughed. A lot. Sometimes at each other, but that’s ok. 🙂

I was a little nervous to step onto the Segway – this old lady has not had a great experience with hoverboards (don’t ask), but the Segway was much easier – especially with Jim’s instruction. After a few practice runs we were on our way.

As for the tour itself – we saw rainbows and bubbles, the boy in the boot and the floral clock, cemeteries, humor, history, and beauty all around. Jim was personable and engaging and the tour really went by much too quickly.

Sandusky Segwave earned the 2019 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence, and once you’ve visited it will be easy for you to see why.

Riley and I are very much looking forward to visiting Jim again – hopefully next time for one of the new Cedar Point Segway Tours!

For more info including scheduling and pricing, please check out their website https://www.sanduskysegwave.com or call (419) 734-9283

NOTE: Sandusky Segwave is now closed, however the fantastic owners have opened Firelands Adventure Tours which I can’t wait to experience!

Video Clips of our Ride!