Friday, April 24, 2015 Tucson to Tusayan The Grand Canyon In our year and a half of living in Arizona, we’ve traveled all over the state and explored in many beautiful and scenic places. We made it our goal shortly after moving here to make the most of our time here, and now in the…
Visiting Black Hawk State Historic Site | Rock Island, IL | March 2024 With the change of plant from La Salle to the Quad Cities came a change of pace. We would be here longer, but I would also be working less: I had two weekends off and a couple of fatigue days during our…
Saturday, June 21, 2014 : The Day We Hiked Mt. Humphreys Excitement was in the air from the moment we woke up – it’s today! We’re finally going to do this! So much preparation – physically and mentally – had gone into this, and we felt completely ready to take on this new challenge. We…
Peaks of Otter Recreation Area | Hiking Sharp Top and Flat Top Mountains | Falling Waters Waterfall | Bedford, VA | August 2023 We arrived at the Peaks of Otter campground near the Blue Ridge Parkway around four in the afternoon, and after setting up the van, Jessica allowed me to go climb up the…
Amicalola Falls State Park | Fort Mountain State Park | January 2023 Just as predicted, Sunday was a cold and rainy day. If we had already been in our next rental house, we probably would’ve just taken the day to relax, but we couldn’t check in until after 3. That gave us 8 hours to…
Wyoming Trip 2021 | Days 4 & 5 | Bighorn National Forest | Park Reservoir | Hiking Black Mountain The day after our big hike, we allowed ourselves to sleep in and take it easy. This felt like such a treat because whenever we camp, we usually have the next day planned out and we…