Hiking the Black Dome Ridge: Black Dome, Black Head, and Thomas Cole Mountains | Camping in South Mountain State Forest | Catskill Mountains, New York | May 2025 While planning for our time in the Catskills, I had decided that I wanted to hit all 3 of the peaks with 600+ meters of prominence. We…
Wyoming Trip 2021 | Day 6 | Porcupine Falls | Bucking Mule Falls | Medicine Wheel Today’s focus was on short hikes off of US-14A. Curtis had a few letterboxes saved, and because the visibility still wasn’t great we thought that hiking to see waterfalls was a better idea than hiking other peaks. And so…
Weekend Adventures • Kuli’ou’ou Ridge Trail • Spitting Cave • February 11, 2018 During Curtis’ first week on Oahu before I arrived, he hiked to one peak that has remained one of his favorite hikes so far. Of course I wanted to experience it for myself, so while Curtis still has weekends free, we set off to hike it early…
Moving to Hawaii • Driving through Smoky Montana • Exploring Idaho’s Panhandle • September 9 & 10, 2017 Once our tire was patched, we packed up the Jeep and took off heading West. The only agenda for our Saturday was to push through the worst of the fires across the Rockies in Montana, then camp in Idaho’s panhandle. We were still a…
Hiking the Mokule’ia Trail to Peacock Flats Campground Last month when we hiked the Kealia trail on the North Shore, we got a better understanding of what other trails there are in the area. I added a few more on our Hawaii bucket list, and since then have felt even more drawn to that area. We…
As is tradition for this time of year, I’ve been reflecting lately on 2023, and how certain events of years past have led up to who we are now. Recently I recalled how in high school (and probably college), Curtis used to wear a shirt that read, “Why be normal?” It was kind of a…