Moving to Hawaii • Driving from Iowa to South Dakota • September 5, 2017 After packing, final goodbyes and prayers, we were off on our next adventure, headed West! Two years ago, I went to South Dakota on vacation with my family, and so many times I thought to myself how much Curtis would enjoy everywhere I…
Saturday, December 6, 2014 Hiking in the Tortolita Mountain range We planned to do this hike the week before leaving for Supai – we needed something else to look forward to once that adventure was over! Even though we were planning on hiking 12+ miles, we still let ourselves sleep in and took our time…
Hiking Kulepeamoa Ridge Loop Trail to Hawaii Loa Ridge | Honolulu, Oahu After several weeks (months?) of having low hanging clouds over the Ko’olau Mountains on Curtis’ days off, we finally had a brief break in the clouds! And I mean brief as in, if we had been a half hour later to the peak,…
Hiking to Red Mountain Lookout with Friends | Patagonia, AZ | January 2025 A visit to Tucson wouldn’t be complete without hiking with our old friends. We wanted everyone to have some time with each other, and after some back and forth and discussion on which peak would be the best to for our limited…
Yesterday, Curtis & I completed our goal of visiting every county in Arizona together! After only living here for 9.5 months, I think I know more about Arizona as a whole than I know about my hometown that I lived in for 20.5 years. (I’ll have to fix that, eventually!) We also now have less…
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…