First Christmas
Walnut Creek Recreation Area | October 2020 Pandemic and political drama aside, October was a pretty good month for us. For the first two weeks of the month, Curtis attended a training related to his job, which would let out early enough in the afternoon so that we could go out for hikes every day….
Visiting Horseshoe Bend National Military Park | Flagg Mountain | Cheaha State Park, Alabama to JP Coleman State Park, Mississippi | January 2023 We woke up on the highest peak in Alabama to arguably one of the colder mornings we’ve camped through in recent memory. Frost on the tent, frost on the car, and all…
Fall to the Rising Sun Trip • Acadia National Park • September 21, 2016 This was our first time to ever visit Maine. Something about the furthest Northeastern state just seemed so mysterious and romantic. What hidden beauties would we find within the state? Visiting Maine, and even more specifically Acadia National Park, had been on my…
Moving to Hawaii • Hiking White Butte, North Dakota’s High Point • September 8, 2017 Jess: We were up before the sun this morning, and we packed up camp and got on the road quickly. Our goal for the day was to hike White Butte, the highest point in North Dakota, which was about 3 hours away…
As I look back over the events of 2019, the word that comes to mind is Overcome. I see the trials that came in the form of being apart, and I think about how Curtis advanced in his career during that time and how I held down the fort at home and filled each day…
Vacation to Maui • Backpacking Haleakala National Park • Day 2 • January 3, 2018 [Read about Day 1 Here!] As we lay in our tent, trying to fall asleep at 6pm as the sun was setting, we talked about the potential of getting up long before the sun — maybe even 3 or 4 — just to hike…