Hello everyone! Allow me to open this thread with a little introduction. My name is Ligeia and I’m a new mer to the community and to the mermaiding world. I live down in the southern Ohio area near Wheelersburg and you can usually find me in nearby lakes! A handful of us on a separate thread thought it would be nifty to have a meet-up in September and stretch our tails out! I’ll be naming a few in this first post but feel free to jump right on in - everyone is welcome.
Intro aside, the following mers have already expressed an interest in the get together so I’ll mostly be using their data in my thoughts on where we should hold the meet up. (Those mers being: iamonlyme@me.com / Mermaid Caspiana / KateyMermaid /TheAutisticMermaid respectively).
Now TheAutisticMermaid is usually swimming around Canadian waters but she’s traveling a bit south in September for a visit! So we’ll be choosing a date around her arrival so she can jump in on the fun.
The mers locations are (roughly) as follows:
*Ligeia - Wheelersburg, OH
*Mermaid Caspiana - Canton, OH
*KateyMermaid - Columbus, OH
*TheAutisticMermaid - Athens, OH (for a bit!)
*iamonlyme@me.com - Fort Wayne, IN
There is also a Cincinnati mer who may be joining in as well. Not sure yet on her, though. We may also have other additions which would bring about change (such as if we had someone from WV coming in). As a note - these are just general times from (ex.) “Cincinnati, OH” to “Columbus, OH.” The following seems to be the best result in terms of drive-times, swim spots, etc.
Right now, Columbus seems to be the most economical. In terms of drive-times, this option gives several mers shorter trips. For myself and iamonlyme, we would be looking at a three hour drive easy. Caspiana would be looking at a little over a two hour drive. Meanwhile those in Athens and Cincinnati would have about an hour - almost two hour - drive. Columbus seems to be the closet medium I’ve found so far in terms of equal drive times - save, of course, Katey, as she lives in the area. (There is also Chillicothe as an option and a great alternative for many mers but I’m not familiar with an locations nearby. Definitely need to consider this, though!)
Mers near the northern area may be able to help pinpoint good swim spots. Feel free to post any ideas you can come up with, lovely spots to swim in...anything you can think of! We've got awhile to hash this out so take your time!
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I really hope we can do this! 
Originally Posted by TheAutisticMermaid
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