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…
Weekend in Albuquerque, NM // International Balloon Festival // October 11-13, 2013 [A few weeks ago, I created a page indexing the trips we have taken over the years together. There were several on the list that haven’t been blogged about, so I’ve been wanting to go back and share the memories we have from…
Visiting the Old Sheldon Church Ruins | Beaufort, SC | February 2016 Part 3 of our 3 day weekend to Hunting Island/Savannah! Read the previous days here: Day 1 – the drive down; Beaufort, SC and surrounding areas; Hunting Island | Day 2 – our day in Savannah and surrounding areas. As we drove back…
After our visit to Hunting Island in January, we were very anxious to go back and spend more time there. I think I planned out the itinerary of a potential weekend trip the week we got back. We also really wanted to try out camping on the beach. On a Monday a couple weeks ago, the…
Backpacking in the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, Arizona | October 2015 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,…
Colorado Adventure, Day 9 // Friday, September 18, 2015 Let’s say you’re in Gallup, NM and driving to Tucson, AZ. How are you going to get there? Google Maps says the fastest route is 6 hours, taking I-40, then highways 77 and 60 through cities like Holbrook, Show Low, and Globe. This route will take you…