Cheering From Afar
Hiking in Matthiessen State Park | February 2023 On the Monday following our hikes in Starved Rock State Park, we decided to branch out a little and visit another state park near us. Just a little ways Southwest of Starved Rock lies Matthiessen State Park, along the Vermillion River. A lot of the scenery here…
Spring Break day 2! Saturday, March 14, 2015 Zion National Park The best part about waking up is a little bit of Curtis in my cup! We love that Arizona had this great idea of not messing with our lives by implementing Daylight Savings Time. However, since Utah plays by the rules, we had to…
Visiting Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historic Park | Camping in NE Nebraska | October 2020 With warm weather quickly dissipating, by the second weekend in October we were trying to make the most out of what nice nights we had left. We started looking for a place to run off, see the sights, and go…
Driving from Campbellton, NB to Hopetown, QC | Hiking to Belvedere Coeur de Plateaux | Hiking the Chutes de Picot Trail | Hiking to Belvedere des Deux-Rivieres | June 2024 We left our campsite in New Brunswick in the early afternoon, after Curtis’ meeting and having some lunch. We drove a little ways West to…
Friday, November 28, 2014 On Thursday night, we stayed at the Deluxe Inn Motel in Seligman, AZ. Seligman is along Historic Route 66, and was the best place for us to stay because it’s only 1 ½ hours away from the trailhead. We enjoyed a delicious hotel room breakfast (with food that we had brought!), then…
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Green Mountain Trail and Guthrie Mountain Yesterday, we decided to go for a hike. We’d been wanting to try another trail from our “100 Hikes in Arizona” book. The trail we chose was Green Mountain trail, which got great reviews from both the book and other informational websites. Curtis checked it…