Hiking Wasson Peak
Winter Migration Road Trip, Day 5 | Chickasaw NRA to Wichita Mountains | Hiking & Camping in Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | November 2023 After leaving Chickasaw National Recreation Area, we drove West across Oklahoma on OK-7, claiming new counties and avoiding toll roads the whole way. Our destination for today for both activities…
Thanksgiving 2021 in Iowa | Beginning of Arizona Trip 2021 | Iowa to Kansas | November 24-27, 2021 In my last post, I alluded to another work trip that Curtis had at the end of November that we had spontaneously decided to turn into one last road trip for the year. After all our driving…
Day 2: Thursday, June 4, 2015 We woke up to rain on our first full day of vacation. That didn’t happen often when we were traveling around the Southwest, so we went back and forth about what we wanted to do for the day. We had a long list of things we wanted to do…
Sunday, April 26, 2015 Tusayan to Tucson Snow in Arizona! On Sunday morning, we left Tusayan around 8 to begin our drive home. We had planned to go back to the Grand Canyon if there was snow on the ground, but it turned out that it had only sleeted the night before. Personally, I wouldn’t…
There’s nothing like the feeling of reaching your final destination after a long trip. For us, this destination was long anticipated after not only 3500 miles and 15 states, but also for several years prior. This was one of those things we knew for sure: we’d be spending some time in the charming city of Charleston,…
Saturday, August 16, 2014 After leaving Chiricahua, we drove about a half hour North to Fort Bowie. Off highway 186, the road to get there was gravel but well maintained, and even with the recent rains we didn’t encounter any flooding. (Important to note that in Arizona during monsoon season!) The parking lot and trailhead…