Sunset Hike up the Back Trail of Ka’iwa Peak | October 2018 Ever since we first hiked to the Lanikai pillboxes last February, we’ve always said that we should hike up to Kai’wa Peak via the back trail to avoid the crowds and enjoy this ridge in a new way. Yet every time we have gone for this hike since then,…
After our last minute packing and cleaning, it was finally time to say goodbye to our first home. We loved living here – it was the perfect place for us as a young married couple. If you’re ever looking for apartments in Tucson, we highly recommend the Kachina Springs Apartments. 🙂 We were out the…
Trip to Minot, ND Days 1 & 2 | Omaha to Badlands National Park | Kayaking in Merritt Reservoir | September 2022 This year, we made a conscious decision to travel less over the summer. Some of that was driven by Curtis finishing school, some by major life changes we expected to have to work…
Road Trip to the Mason-Dixon Line, Part 2 • March 18, 2017 • Antietam National Battlefield In the year 2000, my parents took my siblings and I on essentially a 2-week long “field trip” to the East Coast. I think that was our first major road trip as a family, and it was about as eventful and…
Time with Family in Michigan | Road Trip Around the Thumb | August 2023 When we arrived in Michigan, we thought we had the next month planned out. We were going to stay with Curtis’ parents through the weekend, then move on to Curtis’ next assignment in Illinois. As it turned out, God had different…
September 1 & 2, 2015 All summer long, right up until the day before we left, people kept coming up to me and saying “Wow! You finally get to see him soon! This summer has gone fast, hasn’t it?!” And all I could say was…no! It felt like years ago since our week in Wisconsin…