2 Weeks in Wilmington, NC | Day Trip to Ocracoke Island | 1 Week in Southport, NC | August 2026 This summer, we spent 3 weeks in North Carolina for Curtis’ work. The first two were for training and office work in Wilmington, and the third was at a plant in Southport. It had been…
Driving from Iowa to Indiana | Hiking on the Herbert Hoover State Trail, West Branch, IA | Hiking & Camping in Kickapoo State Recreation Area | Visiting George Rogers Clark National Historic Site, Vincennes, IN | Camping in Hoosier National Forest | July 2026 After spending several months based in the greater Midwest (besides our…
Seeing the Thomas Dambo Trolls around Detroit Lakes, MN | July 2026 After our weekend spent around Bemidji, it was time to continue heading further South. When considering the things we could do in Minnesota between Bemidji and the Iowa border, there wasn’t a lot that interested us, and it was far too hot and…
Driving from International Falls to Bemidji, MN | Camping at Nelson Park Campground and Battle Lake Recreation Area | Weekend in Bemidji, MN | July 2026 After spending a few days exploring Voyageurs National Park, our next objective in this road trip was to get as many counties in Northern Minnesota as we could before…
Hiking in Sintra | Exploring Cabo da Roca | Visiting Cascais | Last Day in Portugal | June 2026 On our last day in Portugal, we packed the day completely full with a long day trip featuring multiple stops. Most travel blogs we saw for this area claimed these places were must-see, but insisted that…
Traveling from Porto to Lisbon, Portugal | Exploring Lisbon by Foot | June 2026 To wrap up our time in Portugal, we would be staying two nights in Lisbon before flying back to the states. We had made the decision to fly out of Lisbon the night we booked tickets to Portugal, 5 days before…