Hiking Mount Olympus • Ko’olau Mountain Range • October 28, 2017 Having hiked Ka’ala the weekend before, I really started to think that we had probably done one of the most difficult hikes on the island. And, with a peak done in the Wai’anaes, I felt that it would be appropriate to do a peak in the…
Here’s a photo journal of our Christmas break and first Christmas together! The day after Curtis’ last final, we flew back home to Iowa to spend a couple weeks with our families. Iowa welcomed us with an ice storm that day, and then a snow storm the next – a cruel transition from the beautiful…
Watson Falls | Hiking Cinnamon Butte & Odell Butte in Umpqua National Forest | Diamond Lake to Albany, OR | November 2025 Our time in the Oregon Cascades was coming to a close. Not by choice mind you, but because we happened to be visiting during a warm week at the start of winter, and…
The day after our wedding, we took off on a 2 week long honeymoon that Curtis (my HUSBAND!!!) had planned for us. We started by driving 6 hours to St. Paul, MN. We made our first stop along the way in Decorah, IA, searching for letterboxes. We didn’t find any that first day, but that most definitely…
July 2025 in Iowa & Illinois It had been good for us to grieve alone together in the Black Hills for the first two weeks after Charlotte’s passing, but we knew we’d eventually have to return to Iowa and continue on with Curtis’ work schedule. Returning ‘home’ to the place where we (unknowingly) spent her…
Hiking in Mississippi Palisades State Park | Savanna, IL | March 2024 For our time in the Quad Cities, one of our main goals was to go out and find a park or place to hike along the Mississippi River. When we think of the best/most scenic areas to hike in Iowa, they mostly revolve…