Bald River Falls in Cherokee National Forest | Hiking the Bald River Trail | Tellico Plains, TN | January 2023 Today was another rainy day, but rainy days make for the best waterfall hikes, so we picked one nearby and went for it. We started on the Cherohala Skyway, but before the road started going…
Highlights from January 2022 | Omaha & Lincoln, NE January was a pretty good month for us this year, despite the fact that we felt like we were living in limbo waiting to hear back on some career-related news that would determine how this year (and beyond) would play out. That made it difficult to…
The excitement of this year took off with a bang right at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, Curtis got down on one knee and whispered to me, “will you marry me?” The cheers of our families around us went from “Happy New Year!” to “They’re finally getting married!!” And with that, the…
Hiking to Benton Falls | Kayaking Parksville Lake from King’s Slough Ramp | January 2023 Today’s adventure started with a long winding car ride heading Southwest from Tellico Plains. We drove through the countryside, passed farms, through woods, and across the Hiwassee River. Here, we drove up the scenic drive to the top of Chilhowee…
This year’s May felt similar to last year… Minus the pandemic part, of course. It started off with Curtis being gone, his ride being extended and there being several weeks of not knowing exactly when he’d come back, but ended on a positive note. He returned home in the third week of May, and we…
July 23, 2017 • Natchaug State Forest • Mashamoquet Brook State Park The day after our trip through Rhode Island, we spend most of the morning weighing our options for what we could possibly do. We came up with many ideas: staying local, going to Hartford, going to Boston, going to the Western part of the state….