Backpacking the South Dakota Centennial Trail | Day 1 | Wind Cave National Park to Custer State Park | Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Our first night of camping in South Dakota was the quietest night of camping we’ve had in a long time. There was no wind, no traffic, no birds, no sounds from nearby…
A long term goal of ours has always been to backpack long distance trails. We aren’t interested in dropping everything for 6 months and doing a cross-country trek like the Appalachian Trail; instead, we’ve set our sights on relatively shorter trails such as the Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, and Hayduke Trail. But since we can’t…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Silver City, IA to Gaston Ave | April 2021 Hiking on the Wabash Trace Trail has become something I’m eagerly looking forward to each week. I love making slow progress and enjoying small sections at a time. I love that the three of us can do it together,…
Hiking the Southern Half of the Brent Trail | Gleason-Hubel Wildlife Area | April 2021 As we’ve mentioned in our last few posts, we had been training all of March and April for a backpacking trip. Most of our training had just consisted of walking longer distances on flat trails while carrying our heavy backpacks….
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Mineola to Silver City, IA | April 2021 Curtis’ birthday fell on a Friday this year, and besides having to go into work for a few hours, we got to spend most of the day together! This was a huge improvement compared to the past few years, when…
At the beginning of April, we traveled back home for a weekend to celebrate Easter and spring birthdays with my family. Curtis had just returned from a short work trip and was able to take a long weekend, so we left Omaha on Thursday morning. To change things up, we drove East on IA-92 all…