Hiking in Willow Lake Recreation Area | Logan, Harrison County, Iowa | January 2020 On Friday, January 15, we had a ‘blizzard’ blow through our area. It only gave us about an inch or 2 of snow, but it was quite blustery all day causing what snow we got to drift. The weekend however was…
Hiking Around Iron Horse Lake | Pawnee City, NE | Seneca, KS | Hiawatha, KS | January 2021 Our first full week back in Nebraska since before Christmas was warm and pleasant, full of frequent walks around lakes, both old and new. The storm that had passed through the Midwest the week before left everything…
Christmas 2020, part 2 | Iowa After spending Christmas 2019 completely alone, the past 5 Christmases far from home, and going through all the challenges 2020 presented, all we wanted was to celebrate the holidays with family. Because of the pandemic we weren’t able to see all of our extended family, but we definitely didn’t…
Christmas 2020, part 1 | Michigan For the Christmas and New Years season we decided to visit both sides of our family and spend time with them for the holidays. We have been essentially quarantined to just ourselves and Charlotte for most of the fall, so we felt that we could safely make the trip…