2025

We spent the first half of this year happily yet unknowingly living in the end of life as we knew it,
Then spent the second half of the year trying to figure out how we were supposed to go on.
And that’s all 2025 will ever be for us.

2025 Stats

171 Nights in Hotels
133 Nights in the Van
60 Nights with Family or Friends

31 States Visited (camped in 24 of those)
2 Countries
Hiked to 1 Country High Point
31 National Park Sites
587 Counties Visited
229 New Counties
Completed visiting every county in two states: Delaware and Maryland

States we spent the most time in:

10. Oregon
9. Michigan
8. New York
7. North Carolina
6. Pennsylvania
5. New Jersey
4. Delaware
3. California
2. Iowa
1. Illinois

Highlights

Camping in the Alabama Hills
Seeing my sister in Joshua Tree
Visiting Friends in Tucson
Hiking in Starved Rock State Park to Frozen Waterfalls
Camping & Hiking in the Catskills
Road Tripping down the East Coast
Anniversary Trip to Ireland
Hiking the Highest Peak in Ireland
Winter Western Migration

January

Death Valley
Alabama Hills
Joshua Tree
Kofa NWR
Tucson
White Sands

February

Ottawa, IL

March

Quad Cities, IL/IA

April

Indiana Dunes
Michigan
Collegeville, PA

May

Collegeville, PA
Catskills, NY
Berkshires, MA
New Jersey
Assateague Island
Outer Banks

June

Wilmington, NC
Red River Gorge, KY
Decatur, IL
Iowa
Omaha, NE

July

Badlands
Black Hills, SD/WY
Iowa
Joliet, IL
Cork, Ireland
Cobh, Ireland
Kinsale, Ireland

August

Killarney, Ireland
Crosshaven, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Glendalough, Ireland
Iowa
Wilmington, NC
Southport, NC
Virginia
Maryland

September

New Castle, DE
Michigan
Bloomington, IL
Wilmington, DE

October

Wilmington, DE
Saginaw Bay, Michigan
Iowa

November

Iowa
Omaha, NE
Vedauwoo, WY
Salt Lake City, UT
Silver Island Mountains UT
Winnemucca, NV
Crater Lake, OR
Seattle, WA
Oregon Coast

December

Redwoods
Yosemite
King’s Canyon and Sequoia
Lake Isabella
Mojave Desert

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