Hiking in Hitchcock Nature Preserve | September 2020 The day after hiking in Platte River State Park was the perfect sunny and warm September day, so we drove to Iowa to go for a hike in the Loess Hills. Today’s destination was Hitchcock Nature Preserve, a park located North of the small town of Crescent,…
Driving Across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge | Norfolk, VA | Visiting Fort Monroe National Historic Site | May 2025 We started off our morning by driving the 17 mile long bridge across the Chesapeake Bay, South into Norfolk. Naturally, we had to joke that we were turning the van into a submarine when we went…
Collegeville, PA to the Catskills in NY | Hiking to Raymondskill Falls in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area | Visiting Grey Towers National Historic Site | Camping in the Catskills | May 2025 Our time in Southeastern PA lasted almost 4 weeks, and when the end of our time arrived, we were definitely ready…
Haley Farm State Park • Ledyard Glacial Park • Sunset at Seaside • Charlotte’s 3rd Birthday On July 9, the day after visiting our first Sky’s the Limit Challenge site, we decided to go out and visit our second site in the challenge, located in Haley Farm State Park. Haley Farm is directly East of Bluff Point in Groton….
Trip to Minot, ND Days 1 & 2 | Omaha to Badlands National Park | Kayaking in Merritt Reservoir | September 2022 This year, we made a conscious decision to travel less over the summer. Some of that was driven by Curtis finishing school, some by major life changes we expected to have to work…
Southwestern Trip 2022 | Lake Scott, KS to Great Sand Dunes, CO | Camp Amanche | Bent’s Old Fort NHS | Great Sand Dunes National Park | October 2022 When we woke up at Lake Scott, it was overcast, dreary, and cold. But the region around the lake was so nice, we decided to at…