Elk Mountain Firetower | 4th of July Weekend in the Bearlodge Mountains, Wyoming | Hiking to Warren Peak | The Black Hlls National Forest | July 2025 After concluding our time exploring Jewell Cave National Monument, we pushed further West on US-16 towards the Wyoming Border. Based on maps, we saw that there was another…
Hiking at Wind Cave National Park | Touring Jewel Cave National Monument | Hiking in Hell’s Canyon | July 2025 After our quiet evening on Bear Mountain, we made our way down along forest roads towards the town of Custer. We picked up the highway just South of the Crazy Horse monument, but didn’t bother…
Hiking Scruton, Odakota, and Bear Mountains | Camping in the Black Hills | July 2025 After deciding not to stay at Sage Creek Campground, we left the Badlands making our way towards Rapid City and the Black Hills, generally towards Pactola Reservoir and the hope of a dispersed site in the forest. We checked out…
Omaha, NE to the Black Hills, SD | Badlands National Park | June 2025 After saying goodbye to family in Omaha, we picked up some groceries and began to make our way North to South Dakota. The first day was hard, there’s no other way to put it. Everything reminded us of Charlotte. I suppose…
In the aftermath of losing Charlotte, we were at a loss of what we were supposed to do. Who were we without our little girl? What were we supposed to do when the most decisive and opinionated member of our family wasn’t there calling the shots? How were we supposed to move on from the…
This is the post that I’ve most dreaded having to write. But when you bring a dog into your life, you know in the back of your mind how the story will likely end up. No amount of love, money, prayers, or treats can change the unavoidable, unfair part of life where your soul dog,…