Driving from Eastern Iowa to Central Illinois | Visiting Lincoln Home National Historic Site | Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site | Springfield, IL | May 2024 After a refreshing week in Iowa, it was time to kick off this summer’s travels. Curtis has a few work assignments scattered throughout the summer which will dictate where…
If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that you never know what’s around the bend. Even though we’re in a fairly structured program in the military — where we’ve known for years what training must take place, in which order, and have an idea on everywhere we could possibly live — the unexpected can strike and change…
Hiking the Black Mountain Loop Trail || Lake George, NY || August 27, 2016 The only question asked before the morning of our first full Saturday here was “Which hike should we do?” There are so many peaks, both near and far, and let’s be honest — between winter and a weird schedule, we aren’t…
Hiking the Maunawili Trail | Pali Lookout to Waimanalo | October 2018 I turned 26 on the last weekend of October. I know, I know…I’m officially old. Thankfully Curtis got to spend most of the weekend at home with me, and we fit in a couple of fun hikes. On Saturday evening, we returned to the…
Labor Day Weekend 2020 | Battle of Athens State Historic Site This year, Curtis was given a four day weekend for Labor Day, and we decided to go spend it with my family in Iowa! On our way there, we stopped at my grandparent’s farm in central Iowa and spent a few hours catching up….
A long term goal of ours has always been to backpack long distance trails. We aren’t interested in dropping everything for 6 months and doing a cross-country trek like the Appalachian Trail; instead, we’ve set our sights on relatively shorter trails such as the Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, and Hayduke Trail. But since we can’t…
Driving from Eastern Iowa to Central Illinois | Visiting Lincoln Home National Historic Site | Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site | Springfield, IL | May 2024 After a refreshing week in Iowa, it was time to kick off this summer’s travels. Curtis has a few work assignments scattered throughout the summer which will dictate where…
If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that you never know what’s around the bend. Even though we’re in a fairly structured program in the military — where we’ve known for years what training must take place, in which order, and have an idea on everywhere we could possibly live — the unexpected can strike and change…
Hiking the Black Mountain Loop Trail || Lake George, NY || August 27, 2016 The only question asked before the morning of our first full Saturday here was “Which hike should we do?” There are so many peaks, both near and far, and let’s be honest — between winter and a weird schedule, we aren’t…
Hiking the Maunawili Trail | Pali Lookout to Waimanalo | October 2018 I turned 26 on the last weekend of October. I know, I know…I’m officially old. Thankfully Curtis got to spend most of the weekend at home with me, and we fit in a couple of fun hikes. On Saturday evening, we returned to the…
Labor Day Weekend 2020 | Battle of Athens State Historic Site This year, Curtis was given a four day weekend for Labor Day, and we decided to go spend it with my family in Iowa! On our way there, we stopped at my grandparent’s farm in central Iowa and spent a few hours catching up….
A long term goal of ours has always been to backpack long distance trails. We aren’t interested in dropping everything for 6 months and doing a cross-country trek like the Appalachian Trail; instead, we’ve set our sights on relatively shorter trails such as the Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, and Hayduke Trail. But since we can’t…
Driving from Eastern Iowa to Central Illinois | Visiting Lincoln Home National Historic Site | Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site | Springfield, IL | May 2024 After a refreshing week in Iowa, it was time to kick off this summer’s travels. Curtis has a few work assignments scattered throughout the summer which will dictate where…
If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that you never know what’s around the bend. Even though we’re in a fairly structured program in the military — where we’ve known for years what training must take place, in which order, and have an idea on everywhere we could possibly live — the unexpected can strike and change…