Our Great Southwest Adventure: Day 6
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Mineola to Dumfries | March 2021 The day after we hiked our first stretch of the West Papio trail, we decided to try out another long distance bike trail in Iowa. The Wabash Trace Trail is a rail trail following the old Wabash Rail Line which used to…
Weekend in the IA-MN-SD Tri-State Area | August 22, 2020 The month of August was exactly as hot and humid as you’d expect for a Midwest summer. However, we weren’t adjusted to it at all. We hadn’t seen temps or humidity that high since…well, last summer when we were on the mainland. It was tempting…
Last week, in an attempt to relish our last days at 8000 ft above sea level, we did one last day trip up Mt. Lemmon. This has been one of my favorite spots in Tucson ever since visiting Curtis for Thanksgiving in 2012. The ability to drive up 5000 feet in 26 miles, enjoy scenic…
Labor Day Weekend 2021 | Road Tripping around NW Iowa | Finishing Iowa’s 99 Counties | September 2021 After a relaxing and rejuvenating 2 weeks at home following our trip to Wyoming, we were excited to go on a little road trip and finally complete our goal of visiting all 99 counties in Iowa! Over…
July 24, 2014 Destination: Palmdale, CA We were up bright and early this morning, excited because the vacation we had been planning for so long was finally here! We knew for a long time that we wanted to celebrate our first anniversary “big”, and while our plans had changed many times over the past months,…
Magnolia Cemetery | Our First Military Ball | April 16, 2016 The weekend of April 16-17 was a busy one for us. It started with dinner out on Friday night with some of Curtis’ classmates celebrating being over another test and another week (â…“ of the way through!) and our first Military Ball on Saturday…