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,…
Driving from Wilmington, NC to Shenandoah National Park | Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway from Meadows of Dan to Shenandoah National Park | August 2024 The start of our drive from North Carolina to New York was very familiar to other times we’ve left North Carolina and headed North. We planned to take the most…
My Family’s Visit to Oahu • March 2018 • Part 6 My family’s vacation had come to an end, but with flights not leaving until 10pm that evening, they still had a full day to enjoy the island life before returning to reality. Since Curtis finally had a day off, we decided to hike to a waterfall that…
Week 2 in Ottawa, IL | Hiking the Hennepin Canal Trail near Bureau Junction, IL | February 2025 On our second day off in Ottawa, we decided to drive a little further to go for a walk on the Hennepin Canal Trail, a long distance path that goes from the Illinois River to the Rock…
Moving to Hawaii • Our time in Iowa • September 2017 We left Michigan on a Wednesday morning, as early as we could to beat the Indiana/Chicago traffic. Once clear of the construction and the city, we switched things up by driving North on I-39, then taking US 52 across the border into Iowa. Of course…
Tremper Mountain Fire Tower • Kaaterskill Falls & Forest Area • May 15, 2017 Our last peak that we needed to hike to finish the Fire Towers in the Catskills was Tremper. To be completely honest, we weren’t exactly excited to hike this one. We had actually intended to do it twice before — on Veteran’s Day…