Walnut Creek Recreation Area | October 2020 Pandemic and political drama aside, October was a pretty good month for us. For the first two weeks of the month, Curtis attended a training related to his job, which would let out early enough in the afternoon so that we could go out for hikes every day….
Hiking in Indian Cave State Park | Loess Bluffs NWR | October 2020 We reflected recently that we have only actually been living in Nebraska for less than four months. Whether it’s the routines, the reminiscence of home, a (significantly) lighter work schedule, or being on the mainland – it feels like we’ve been living…
Hiking in Shramm Park | Holy Family Shrine | October 2020 Overall, this fall in Nebraska has been better than we could’ve asked for — we’ve had plenty of sunny days in the 50s-70s, and we’ve made the most of every one of them. In fact, the last real cold front we’ve had was at…
Hiking in West Oak Forest | Glenwood, Iowa | October 2020 In the middle of October, the stars aligned for a Perfect Week of Fall: Curtis was on fall break for school, he had a very light work schedule, the colors in Omaha were at their peak, and the weather was perfect. We made the…
Hiking in Niobrara River State Park | October 2020 We had an interesting night camping beside the Missouri river. The wind picked up and shook the tent throughout the night. Big fish flopped around all hours of the night, and some fishermen arrived and put their boat in the water here sometime between 2-3 AM….
Visiting Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historic Park | Camping in NE Nebraska | October 2020 With warm weather quickly dissipating, by the second weekend in October we were trying to make the most out of what nice nights we had left. We started looking for a place to run off, see the sights, and go…