Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway | Hiking to Ferrin Knob | January 2023 From our previous trips through the Asheville area, as well as driving most of the Natchez Trace, we knew that the Blue Ridge Parkway was a wonderful means of getting around the mountains, if slower than the interstate. However, traveling in the…
Grand Rapids, MI to Sandstone, WV | Hopewell Culture National Historical Park | Camping in New River Gorge National Park | January 2023 In planning our trip back to Wilmington and North Carolina, we decided that we should maximize time with family, knowing we would probably have most of January to site see. So we…
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…
Curtis in Wilmington, NC | Backpacking the Uwharrie Trail, Day 1 | December 2022 Once we found out that Jess was going to be staying in Iowa and I would be returning to Wilmington for an additional few weeks of training, I set about planning things to do. If my first two weeks were anything…
Guilford Courthouse NHS | Driving from NC to IA Day 1 | November 2022 On our last Friday in Wilmington, I texted Jess in the morning and indicated that there was a good chance that I would be done with class before noon. And while staying in a nice hotel on someone else’s dime was…
Road Trip with Jess’ Family | Bighorn National Forest to Omaha, NE | Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument | Toadstool Geological Park | July 2021 On our second to last day of driving, we had made the goal of reaching South Dakota, or maybe even the Northwestern corner of Nebraska. We had discussed during the…