Hiking to French Canyon in Starved Rock State Park | Spending 2 Weeks in Ottawa, IL | February 2024 Returning to Ottawa, Illinois this spring felt a little bit like returning to a home, a place we once lived, even though it had only been for a month. We arrived at the same hotel as…
Driving from Vidalia, GA to Ottawa, IL | Camping in Land Between the Lakes, KY | Hiking in Ferne Clyffe State Park, IL | February 2024 When our time in Georgia was coming to a close, we were so excited and ready to move on and return to a place we knew we loved. The…
Spending Two Weeks in Alma and Vidalia, GA | February 2024 When Curtis first accepted his job, we were told that we would usually know his schedule about 6-9 months in advance. Coming from the military where it seemed like we had several last minute changes to our plans, whether that be with the submarine’s…
Hiking Scaly Mountain | Highlands, NC | Nantahala National Forest to Oconee National Forest, GA | February 2024 This morning, we packed up and set off for our last hike in the Appalachians for this trip. We had 2 days before Curtis needed to show up for his next assignment, which was about 6 hours…
Hiking to King Falls & Spoonauger Falls in Sumter National Forest, South Carolina | Camping on the Chattooga River | February 2024 After things hadn’t gone according to plan the night before, we weren’t sure how we wanted to spend our day. We also didn’t have phone service at our campsite, so we couldn’t do…
A Day in Highlands, North Carolina | Dry Falls | Hiking Whiteside Mountain | February 2024 We started our day by driving out of the gorge and up to the small mountain town of Highlands, NC. Like many other places on this trip, we were surprised to find it was busier than expected, especially considering…