Uintah Basin Road Trip | Days 1 & 2 | Omaha, NE to Manila, UT | April 2022 Since moving to Nebraska, Curtis has been working on earning his Master’s online. One of the nice things about his program is that he usually gets a week off every 7 weeks between courses. We try to…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Council Bluffs to Dumfries, IA | April 2022 We have been slowly chipping away at the Wabash Trace Trail for over a year now, and at the beginning of April had around 20 miles left to accomplish. Three quarters of that is the Southern end of the trail,…
Visiting Family in Iowa | Hiking in Ledges State Park | April 2022 The first weekend of April was an eventful one for us. It started with attending the 122nd Submarine Birthday Ball at the Paxton Hotel in Omaha. Surprisingly (or maybe not), this is only the second ball or formal Navy function we’ve been…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | IA-2 to F Ave (North of Coin) | March 2022 In the month of March, we were able to get out and hike another section of the Wabash Trace Trail. This time, we drove to where we had left off right on IA highway 2, and parked at…
Spring Break Road Trip 2022 | Day 9 | Hiking in Taum Sauk Mountain State Park | Visiting the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City | Jackson, TN to Omaha, NE | March 2022 When we woke up this morning, we didn’t know that today would be the last day of vacation. We had planned…
Spring Break Road Trip 2022 | Days 7-8 | Driving the Natchez Trace Parkway from Rocky Springs, MS to Hohenwald, TN | Woodall Mountain, Mississippi’s Highest Point | March 2022 We started our second day on the Natchez Trace by visiting the remains of the town of Rocky Springs close to where we had camped…