Grand Rapids to Marquette, MI | Hiking in Hartwick Pines State Park | April 2024 After our long time crossing from Ontario into Michigan on the Bluewater Bridge, we stopped for lunch with my Grandmother and then pressed on to my parent’s house on the other side of the state. We had intended to visit…
Driving from Pennsylvania to Michigan | Schuylkill River Trail | Mt. Pisgah County Park, PA | Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS | Fort Erie, ON | Driving Across Southern Ontario | April 2024 After almost 3 weeks in Pennsylvania and almost 3 months of non-stop work, the outage season was over and we were free to…
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…
Driving from Texas to Iowa | Camping in Kansas and Missouri | Visiting Fort Larned National Historic Site | December 2023 We broke up the remainder of our drive across the Great Plains over three days, aiming to arrive in Iowa on Christmas Eve. On the first day, we drove North from Caprock Canyon through…
Hiking Chiricahua Peak, starting from Rustler Park | Arizona | December 2023 Before we left Arizona, I had one last hike that I really wanted to do: Chiricahua Peak. The last ultra prominent peak in Arizona that I hadn’t hiked, and, at least according to my friends who harangued me about it constantly, a stellar…
Driving from Globe to Wilcox, AZ | Besh Ba Gowah Historic Site | Coronado National Forest | December 2023 After a relaxing and enjoyable time spent in the Tonto Basin, we felt like it was time to get going…somewhere. We threw around ideas and places that we thought sounded interesting that were nearby and still…