Cheering From Afar
March 2019 | Snorkeling with Friends on Oahu Would you believe it if I told you that in my first year and a half of living here, I had never once fully immersed myself in the ocean or gone snorkeling? It’s true — Curtis and I are mountain people and not beach people, and we…
Labor Day Weekend 2021 | Road Tripping around NW Iowa | Finishing Iowa’s 99 Counties | September 2021 After a relaxing and rejuvenating 2 weeks at home following our trip to Wyoming, we were excited to go on a little road trip and finally complete our goal of visiting all 99 counties in Iowa! Over…
A Week in Tucson Visiting Friends & Hiking | Colossal Cave Mountain Park | Saguaro National Park | Tumamoc Hill | December 2023 For this trip, we planned to spend at least a week around the Tucson area, which would hopefully be enough time to see as many friends as we could and revisit some…
Joliet, IL Week 2 | Hiking the I&M Canal Trail in McKinley Woods | November 2023 Our second week in Joliet looked pretty similar to our first — just warmer, and us feeling more familiar with the area. We enjoyed going for walks at parks, usually Inwood Park for a short loop, or Ronald D….
On December 31, 2019, Curtis and I watched the last sunset of the year on Haleakala. Making it through 2019 felt like a huge accomplishment. We had survived our last full year attached to an active duty submarine, and would be moving away in just a few months. 2020 was the year we had been…
After our first two weeks of living in Charleston, we were feeling a little down about the whole hiking situation. We had given it some attempts, but the trails were closed due to either flooding or hunting season. Aside from that, there are obviously no mountains nearby, so the views we’d be getting would be…