Seaside Point & Harkness Memorial State Park • June 26, 2017 Curtis: It was our first full day in Connecticut. I had work in the morning, but like all first days, it was short and more administrative work than anything else. By the time I got home it was only mid afternoon. Naturally, we decided that…
Week with Jess’ Family | Driving from Iowa to Michigan | Visiting Indiana Dunes National Park | April 2025 Following our month in Davenport, we had two weeks before we needed to be in Pennsylvania. This gave us the perfect amount of time to spend a little time with both of our families, travel halfway…
Southwestern Trip 2022 | Hovenweep National Monument to Lake Powell, AZ | Hovenweep National Monument | Valley of the Gods | Navajo National Monument | Lake Powell | October 2022 We woke with the sun and forced ourselves to pack our tent and hit the road again. It was a cool morning, but not as…
Curtis in Wilmington, NC | Backpacking the Uwharrie Trail, Day 2 | December 2022 I woke up with the sun on my second day feeling fairly rested and much less sore than the night before. I had even slept better despite the continued irritation and discomfort I had from my poison ivy. Since I planned/had…
Hiking from Likeke Falls to the Old Pali Highway | September 2018 I’m sure most have heard about the eventful hurricane season we’ve had here in the Pacific. Or maybe not, considering that they were overhyped and uneventful, at least for Oahu. When I first heard of Hurricane Hector at the beginning of August, I immediately stocked…
Hiking Deer Mountain | Ketchikan, AK | September 2019 Before Curtis knew for sure that he’d be able to visit Ketchikan this year, we knew that we wanted to hike Deer Mountain. Perhaps it was a bit presumptuous seeing as Ketchikan is the rainiest city in the US and we had no idea what time…