relishing the life God has given us
Backpacking Waimea Canyon | Hiking the Kukui Trail | August 2018 My biggest concern with choosing to visit Kauai over the Big Island was that it would be too much like Oahu. Sure, it has higher mountains, no major city, and way less people; the mountain ridges would be unique and some much more dramatic than what we’re used to. But it would… Read More
Labor Day Weekend || Hiking & Backpacking to Belfrey & Hurricane Mountains || September 3, 2016 For our Labor Day weekend adventure, we set our sights pretty high — to the High Peak region of the Adirondacks! We were loving all the relatively nearby hikes we’d done, but were ready to branch out and see what this state has to offer further North…. Read More
I learned something new about myself last week when I was hiking along the Havasu Creek. I learned that I have no fear of the unknown – if I don’t know anything about it, how can I be afraid? All I can do is go along with it and trust God and my husband’s leading. However, I am afraid of the… Read More
As soon as we found out we were moving back to Arizona for a few months, we immediately started making a bucket list of things we needed to accomplish this fall. This list included things like Chiricahua’s Heart of Rocks trail, Saguaro National Park East, and meeting our new niece, Grace (all things we’ve accomplished so far!) Another thing we… Read More
Sunday, November 30, 2014 Let me just say – staying in the lodge may be pricier than camping, but it is SO worth it! I’m not sure we could have finished out this trip strong without a great night’s sleep in the very comfy beds! Not to mention, some of us may have been too cold to camp on these… Read More
Friday, November 28, 2014 On Thursday night, we stayed at the Deluxe Inn Motel in Seligman, AZ. Seligman is along Historic Route 66, and was the best place for us to stay because it’s only 1 ½ hours away from the trailhead. We enjoyed a delicious hotel room breakfast (with food that we had brought!), then took off around 7. We… Read More