Our Great Southwest Adventure: Day 5
Well, we’ve gotten our first little taste of what a Southern summer is going to feel like…and we’re a little scared. Just 2 weeks ago I was wondering when it’d be warm enough to go without a jacket, and now sun dresses are the only thing to help me stay cool! So I guess spring weather…
Saturday, November 1, 2014 Mt. Kimball – 11 miles, 4155 feet elevation gain, one of the steepest trails in the Tucson area. Beginning on Finger Rock trail, going into a canyon and up, up, up into the mountains. For having some of the most difficult terrains of any trail around Tucson, the views of the…
Driving from Vidalia, GA to Ottawa, IL | Camping in Land Between the Lakes, KY | Hiking in Ferne Clyffe State Park, IL | February 2024 When our time in Georgia was coming to a close, we were so excited and ready to move on and return to a place we knew we loved. The…
Road Trip to the Mason-Dixon Line, Part 2 • March 18, 2017 • Antietam National Battlefield In the year 2000, my parents took my siblings and I on essentially a 2-week long “field trip” to the East Coast. I think that was our first major road trip as a family, and it was about as eventful and…
An Afternoon at the Saratoga Race Course || August 29, 2016 Before moving to Saratoga, all we were hearing about was the horse racing that goes on at the historic race track. Everyone who had been there or was from there was telling us we HAD to go experience it. We moved up here right at…
Saturday, April 18, 2015 Sycamore Reservoir Trail & Beyond! It was the perfect day for a hike in the Catalinas. The temperature in Tucson was 82, but at 4000-5000 feet elevation it was cooler and breezy. We met up with our friend Mitch early in the morning and took off on the Catalina Highway. This…