relishing the life God has given us
Vacation to Maui • Driving the Pi’ilani Highway • Day 2, Part 2 • January 3, 2018 If you’ve ever been to Maui, you’ve probably heard about the Hana Highway, also called the Road to Hana. This is a long, narrow, and winding road that attracts many visitors because of the scenic views, many waterfalls and beaches, and the small friendly Hawaiian towns along… Read More
Moving to Hawaii • Olympic National Park & Forest • September 13 & 14, 2017 Once we arrived in Seattle, it was time to get down to business and take care of one of the big moving items: shipping our car. The military will ship one car for free, and we had been advised to take advantage of this rather than selling… Read More
Moving to Hawaii • Driving through Eastern Washington and the Cascades • Hiking Mount Pilchuck • September 11 & 12, 2017 After leaving our campsite in Colville National Forest, we began to notice the haziness was back in the air. We had considered hiking to a nearby peak and got as far as the trailhead, but decided we didn’t want to do so… Read More
Moving to Hawaii • Driving through Smokey Montana • Exploring Idaho’s Panhandle • September 9 & 10, 2017 Once our tire was patched, we packed up the Jeep and took off heading West. The only agenda for our Saturday was to push through the worst of the fires across the Rockies in Montana, then camp in Idaho’s panhandle. We were still a long ways from the fires… Read More
Hiking to the St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower • May 17, 2017 • Completing the Fire Tower Challenge! 2 days after hiking to Tremper, we set out on another very exciting hike…what was to be our final hike in the Fire Tower Challenge! Like I’ve said before, in order to complete the challenge you must hike all 5 peaks with fire towers… Read More
Visiting Lake Ontario, Sackets Harbor, and hiking Cathedral Rock • Weekend in the Western Adirondacks, Part 2 • April 23, 2017 • Written by Curtis Following our first night camping for the year, we made a quick breakfast and were on the road shortly thereafter. We had quite a bit that we intended to fit into the day and a lot of driving… Read More