DC & Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Days 7 & 8 After saying goodbye to Curtis’ family, we began our multi-day trip around the UP headed for his sister’s home in Minnesota. When considering this route, we knew that several of the things we like to go out of our way to see were…
DC & Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Days 6 & 7 Over the course of our 6 years of traveling together, our most-driven route has been between Eastern Iowa and Western Michigan. We’ve done our best to change it up rather than driving I-80 all the time, but by this point we have to…
DC & Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Day 5 On Friday, August 9, we rose early and checked out of our hotel at 5am. We walked to the nearest metro station and rode to DCA. We picked up a rental car and began our journey West. I can honestly say we’ve been planning this…
DC & Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Days 3 & 4 We started our first full day in DC off with a ride on the metro to Arlington county in Virginia, grabbed breakfast at Panera and walked to the Arlington National Cemetery. Knowing we had another hot and humid day with lots of walking…
DC & Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Days 1 & 2 This is a trip that we have been eagerly anticipating for almost 2 years. We looked forward to it as a career milestone for Curtis, as well as the first time we would return to the mainland after nearly 2 years of living…
Since our first year of marriage, the idea of becoming homesteaders has been a pleasant dream of ours. We often would think of the small things that we would do: raise goats and chickens, plant an orchard and a garden, and overall do our best to be self-sufficient. Unfortunately, the Navy does not lend itself…