Monday, July 24 2017

Hello Monday. It's James.

Madeline takes a look at 7 outdoor day trips that might have flown under your radar, including hot air ballooning, treetop tours, outdoor theatre, and many more. Summer is slipping away - get out there and try something new.Navigator full story: 7 Unique Outdoorsy Day Trips Within 3 Hours Of Columbus

The Rundown:Weather: 82. 20% chance of precipitation. Slight chance of thunderstorms, otherwise partly sunny.To do: Rumba Cafe is hosting indie alternative band Good Old War. Here's their most viewed song on YouTube. Doors open at 8 PM and tickets are $15. More details here.

Navigator Originals:How You Can Help Volunteers Of America Send Underprivileged Children To School PreparedVolunteers of America's program to provide underprivileged children with backpacks full of school supplies is underway. Zoey takes a look at how you can get involved.The 11 Emotional Stages Of Navigating Columbus’ Recent Stormy WeatherThe rain just won't stop. Nora takes a look at the 11 stages of navigating the storms. /glug

The Monday Conversation:The Dispatch takes a look at how dogs are trained for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources k-9 water rescue unit. The dogs help pinpoint a general area where a body might be located, sometimes cutting down a searchable area from square mile to a 50 to 100 yard radius. [Zachariah/Dispatch]Columbus is the fifth hottest housing market according to a Realtor.com study that ranked markets according to the length of time houses spend for sale. Columbus area houses are on the market for an average of 37 days, compared to a nationwide average of 60 days. [Newpoff/Business First]The new OhioHealth building at North Broadway and 315 is being viewed by many as a big missed opportunity for a pedestrian and bike bridge over the Olentangy River. This would have potentially fixed one of the only remaining parts of the Olentangy Trail that requires users to divert from the river to city streets. [Warren/CU]

Longread for your lunch break:

You might not like country music (it's not my favorite.) But this profile of George Strait, coming to the end of a long career is still worth reading. It also has one of the best ledes I've read recently:

George Strait has discovered that when he isn’t wearing a cowboy hat people often don’t realize that he is George Strait. In San Antonio, where he lives, he can usually visit restaurants unmolested, so long as he doesn’t smile too widely—he is famous for his smile, which is bright and crooked. One time, in Key West, where he records, he was sitting outside the studio, naked from the neck up, when a woman accosted him. She said, “My husband says that George Strait is in there, cutting a record, and I told him that can’t be true. Why would he cut a record in this little place?”

Strait’s response was not, strictly speaking, a lie. “Honey,” he said, “I was just in there, and I didn’t see him.”New Yorker: George Strait’s Long Ride

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