Hiking the MoPac Trail across the Platte River | Louisville, NE | August 2022 We knew going into August that our time in Nebraska was likely coming to a close, but it still didn’t feel real since we didn’t have any firm plans in place for our next move. However, we know from all our…
Seeing the Covered Bridges in Madison County | Visiting Family in Iowa | August 2022 This summer has been much less eventful compared to summer 2021. We’ve stayed close to home, visited a few local attractions we hadn’t seen yet, and mostly focused on preparing for the future. But for the first weekend of August,…
Pony Creek Conservation Area | Glenwood, IA | 9 Year Wedding Anniversary | July 2022 At the end of July, we celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. I’m not sure where all those years went, or how we’re even old enough to have been married for that long, and I can’t believe we’re now into our…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Coin to Blanchard, IA | Camping in Coin | July 2022 After we hiked our last section of the Wabash Trace, from F Ave to Coin, we knew it would take 2 more days to finish the trail from Coin to Blanchard. We also knew that we were…
Wooden Topography Map | Written by Curtis In 2016, while living in South Carolina, I stumbled upon a post on the image sharing site, imgur, that caught my eye. A woodworker had created a topographic map of the United States out of wood using a CNC machine. What’s more, he outlined his entire process in…
Kayaking on Lake Desoto | Desoto National Wildlife Refuge | Steamboat Bertrand Collection Museum | July 2022 Ever since we visited Desoto National Wildlife Refuge in October 2020, we knew we wanted to come back as soon as we bought a kayak. Ideally we wanted to visit when migration season was in full swing, but…