relishing the life God has given us
Wooden Topography Map | Written by Curtis In 2016, while living in South Carolina, I stumbled upon a post on the image sharing site, imgur, that caught my eye. A woodworker had created a topographic map of the United States out of wood using a CNC machine. What’s more, he outlined his entire process in a reddit post, and later… Read More
Kayaking on Lake Desoto | Desoto National Wildlife Refuge | Steamboat Bertrand Collection Museum | July 2022 Ever since we visited Desoto National Wildlife Refuge in October 2020, we knew we wanted to come back as soon as we bought a kayak. Ideally we wanted to visit when migration season was in full swing, but we since learned that they… Read More
As I mentioned in a previous post, this spring my family celebrated both the graduation of my youngest sister, and my mom’s retirement from homeschooling. Curtis, Charlotte and I happily made the trip over to our hometown for two different weekends to be present for the graduation ceremony and my sister’s grad party. Besides being able to celebrate with them,… Read More
The Henry Doorly Zoo | Omaha, Nebraska Growing up in Iowa, it was always just a known fact that the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha was the best zoo in the country — it even ranks top 5 in the world! It made for an easy weekend trip, and I have several happy memories of visiting with my family over… Read More
Kayaking the Niobrara River from Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge to Smith Falls State Park | Hiking in Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | Valentine, NE | May 2022 The main purpose of our trip to Valentine was to kayak a section of the Niobrara River. This was one of the first things on our “Nebraska bucket list” that we created when… Read More
Road Trip from Omaha to Valentine, NE | Cowboy Trail | Smith Falls State Park | May 2022 It’s no secret that we’re big fans of shoulder season travel around here, and as the summer was rapidly approaching we decided to squeeze in one more Nebraska bucket list adventure. We left on a hot morning in mid-May, heading Northeast to… Read More