Brown Mountain Loop Trail | Tucson Mountain Park | Hiking Antelope Peak | Arizona Trail | December 2023 Besides spending lots of time with friends around Tucson, we wanted to take some of our time in Arizona to visit more places we had never been, and spend time away from the city. As much as…
Hiking & Camping in Ironwood Forest National Monument | Tucson, AZ | December 2023 While everyone we stayed with insisted that we could stay ‘as long as want’, and that we are ‘always welcome’, Midwest hospitality still runs through our veins and we felt we had to break up our visits to avoid overstaying our…
Hiking in Coronado National Memorial | December 2023 We were in a bit of a rush to get to Tucson due to the prospect of going on a backpacking trip along a portion of the Arizona Trail with Mitch, Alex, and Henry – our friends in Tucson. Unfortunately, the trip had to be canceled due…
Winter Migration Road Trip, Day 3 | Missouri to Kansas | Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield | George Washington Carver National Monument | November 2023 We woke up at our campsite in Central Missouri snug in our bed, but the cabin temperature was 45. After running the heater to get us above 50, we braved the…
Pennsylvania to Ohio | Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site | McConnells Mill State Park | October 2023 We awoke in our van in Buchanan State Forest, feeling much better and well rested — it’s amazing what a full night of sleep and not waking up to a 4:30 alarm will do for you! We…
Hiking in the Cumberland Knob Recreation Area | The Blue Ridge Music Center | Camping at Rocky Knob Recreation Center | The Blue Ridge Parkway | September 2023 We left Doughton Park and followed the detours down and around all of the construction work, but once we were on the other side, it was smooth…